Reviews tagging 'Torture'

L'Ombra Del Vent by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

76 reviews

seforaflorian's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infertility, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, Injury/Injury detail

mariebrie's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Police brutality

juniperbranches's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I finished this gorgeous novel set in Barcelona in the 50’s on our last day here in Barcelona. It’s a gothic mystery about an author’s novels being systemically eradicated. It’s a gorgeous portrait of the city and the authors prose is so incredibly beautiful that he had me in tears twice before page 15. I loved this so so much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Blood, War

breadwitchery's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment

Minor: Racial slurs, Pregnancy, War

emathomas7's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious medium-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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Torture, Police brutality, Stalking, War

Minor: Rape

vilde_a's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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: Yes

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It took a couple of chapters getting into it, but in return, there were several chapters I just had to complete no matter time or place. If you like books about books, you’ll love this!

Read while listening to “Øyeblikke Vi Husker” by Hvalfugl. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Death of parent, Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, Classism

Minor: Incest, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Sexual harassment

_qwert's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Incest, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

pipn_t's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous mysterious medium-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

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Surely the author could have set the historical scene without so many racist remarks and sexist attitudes.  Also got tired of everyone beating each other to a pulp.  It was an interesting story, which is why I read to the end, but one of the major plot points revolves aroundc content I don’t like reading about (

incest

) so I felt rather like I wasted my time on this whole thing as it kinda ruined my enjoyment of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Murder

Minor: Ableism, Child abuse, Antisemitism

desireewoodwhite's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, War

lukutikka's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective slow-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: Domestic abuse, Torture, Violence, War