Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Powerless by Lauren Roberts

307 reviews

octoglow's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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First book in the trilogy. Whilst it did take a few chapters to get into the plot (there was a debate to DNF before chapter 5). The book did redeem itself however, the plot is too similar to others such as the hunger games but as a weaker cousin. 

This was the better of the three books as the plot between Pae and Kai continues throughout - will they or won’t they? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence

Moderate: Torture

agneseatonnn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

midnight_rain177's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Murder, Classism

Moderate: Death, Torture, Deportation

Minor: Cursing, Pandemic/Epidemic

gigi2022_2024ja's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder

Moderate: Torture, Grief, Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders

chemicallygreen13's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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I did not think the writing was very good. I wouldn't be able to take a shot every time the author used 'sticky' in the first chapter because I'd be too drunk to keep reading. Honestly, nearly made me DNF immediately. I also found the MMC insufferable for a decent portion of the book and I quite frankly I did not care about him. One positive thing I would like to say though, is, the chapters were short and the ending was entertaining. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Torture

Minor: Genocide, War

laelawalker's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

nadia_adriele's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Blood

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder

ruth_healy13's review against another edition

3.75

tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I thought that the characters were mostly written quite well (

Paedyn’s ability to read people was way too unrealistic in my opinion

), however the writing was a little bit repetitive at times and certain moments (

like when Jax nearly died

) were completely unnecessary. I also thought that a lot was taken from other books, for example, The Hunger Games. Other than that though, it was quite good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Cursing, Medical content

plainromance's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 60%

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse, Cursing, Genocide, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Pandemic/Epidemic

my_archives's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I haven't brought the rest of the series yet, and I wasn't planning to as I'm trying (and failing) to not buy new books. However, after the last chapter I might have to look at buying the next one. My brain doesn't like loose ends.

Overall, the book was okay, it wasn't painful to read but at the same time I didn't really feel myself connecting to the characters and story line. It was okay, but not life changing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Torture