Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Cantoras by Caro De Robertis

67 reviews

cassidy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

megplant's review against another edition

challenging emotional inspiring 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, and Antisemitism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, and Biphobia

Conversion therapy

liketrees's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

This book had been on my radar since it came out, but also... this was not at all what I thought it was going to be about? I don't know what I was confusing it with.

A lovely queer addition to one of my favourite genres, books about groups of friends and how they change over decades.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Police brutality, and Grief

Life in a militarized state, generally; conversion therapy

schenkepanky's review against another edition

emotional informative sad slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I listened to this on audio. It was so long, I can't believe it was only 300 pages! I had to check it out from the library twice. This follows five queer women in Uruguay in the 1970s-80s. If you want to read about what life is like for political and societal "subversives" in a dictatorship, this book is a well-written set of stories. It's sad and funny all at once, but mostly sad.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Torture

mheitkamp's review against another edition

emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape, Torture, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

thebookadvocate's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

noslowregard's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Miscarriage