Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling

115 reviews

mararast's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail

bethane156's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I just find this one so unnecessarily long but I do love the foreshadowing to the reveals and all of Sirius’s scenes in the book. It’s interesting to see how incompetent the ministry is as well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death

Moderate: Death, Grief, Murder

Minor: Torture, Death of parent

annarosemiddlemass's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous mysterious 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Blood, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Grief, Murder

Minor: Animal death

kvtiehvrris's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

tourmalinequeen's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Explicitly transphobic, explicitly antisemitic, explicitly against Irish independence and pro-empire and colonialism. Action packed to distract. Explicitly ableist.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, Transphobia, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

dilani's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark 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: No

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better than the first time i read this like seriously 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Torture, Violence

Minor: Grief, Death of parent

tobi11's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Torture

juno_10's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture

Minor: Death of parent

mybookcase's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Terminal illness, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

vaporvox's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has been the best entry in the series yet (and miles better than the film adaptation)! The overarching plot really begins to develop from here on out. Most of the major players in the game begin to show. The main conflicts of Lord Voldemort vs Hogwarts as well as Hogwarts vs The Ministry of Magic start to rise here. In addition, all of the several layers of detail between the character backstories, side plots, character relationships, and the like are intricately-woven, delivering a compelling and winding narrative with something for every fan. This novel was intense, detailed, varied, and covering a whole realm of topics. Definitely the best for me so far.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Death, Torture, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

At least three characters are murdered at the hands of the primary antagonist - one of them being a fellow student. One character is murdered by a dementor; another secretly by his son. Harry experiences injuries from a giant spider as well as a supporter of the primary antagonist that are bloody and lightly detailed. The Torture Curse is used on an insect (that is then killed) as well as Harry himself. This novel is probably the darkest yet in the Harry Potter series, and it shows.