Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Ritual by Shantel Tessier

122 reviews

allymurphy's review against another edition

4.0

is this even close to a somewhat decent book? no. did I have a great time and fall in love with Ryat Archer? hell yeah I did
it lost a star due to

everything that happened with her mom at the end and that Matt didn’t have a painful enough death, it felt a little like throwing everything at the wall and seeing what stuck with not a ton of success. the rest of the book was fantastic

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Confinement, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Death, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Pregnancy, Medical trauma, Rape, Vomit, and Physical abuse

Minor: Stalking

dejanai1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Murder, Gun violence, Torture, and Sexual content

kdb_0620's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Kidnapping, Trafficking, Torture, Medical trauma, Blood, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Cursing, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Violence

emily511's review against another edition

This book just really wasn’t for me.  The multitudes of trigger warnings aside, there just wasn’t much of a plot.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual content, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Sexism

thereadaholic's review against another edition

dark tense 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

4.0

I ate this book up. It's a dark book and I would not recommend this for beginners because ryat is dark really dark. I absolutely loved every part of this book I thought the way the plot builds up was perfect , loved the way the characters were I just wished authors would stop making FMC'S so naive and make them strong willed , and just maybe once up the MMC'S
 
Other than that the book is just wow , I loved the way ryat's character development progressed through the book I also wished we could have gotten a bit more of how they started loving each other but again other than that the book is great.

I devoured the book , ate it up so quick and I just really enjoyed it. 

If your not a begginer looking for a dark romance book this is ur book bestie 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcohol, Gun violence, Torture, Murder, Sexual harassment, Gore, Grief, Blood, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping, Death, and Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

smilestarshine's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Torture, Gaslighting, Violence, and Rape

booksandgore's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Drug use, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Confinement, and Sexual violence

cheeserue's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

"I’d go to war for my wife. One man was nothing."

and go to war they did; just, not the kind he expected.

wtf was this book? why did they build up a good plot only for it to suck so bad in the end? WHY DID SHE KEEP TAKE THE DRUGS WILLINGLY?! why did they take (approximately) 1000 showers?

force sex fantasy and CNC but not one conversation about limits or safe words, GHB fed to her every 5 seconds, fucking next to dead bodies, secret society plotline barely touched, FMC having just about no personality, obsessed ex bf who didn't want her when they were together but now wants her because his enemy has her, random elopement so she doesnt have to be forced into marriage to said ex bf. it just keeps going. 

I love dark romances, especially CNC/FSF but this wasn't it. this book didn't need to be 600 pages. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Alcohol, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual content, and Torture

Moderate: Abandonment and Child death

machteldv's review against another edition

dark tense

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Rape

daisymadeli's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

This might be the worst book I’ve ever read. I only managed to finish it because I buddy read it with a friend and ya girl ain’t a quitter. But, wow. It is truly super bad. The characters have no personalities besides being horny or in Blake’s case, being horny while crying. There’s too much sex (yes, that’s possible), a ridiculous amount of repetition, and for the love of all things holy, STOP telling us what song is playing at any and all given moments. The plot made 0 sense and the big finale was haphazard and lackluster after too many pages of repeat build up. Also, complex sentences are a thing, commas can be really fun, or perhaps may I suggest a semi colon? 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Gore, and Torture