Reviews tagging 'Torture'

ملکه\u200cی سرخ by Victoria Aveyard

121 reviews

jiangni's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous emotional tense 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

4.0

wanted to reread this series from my middle school days, and it doesn’t disappoint! a classic ya fantasy story from that era
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

caitlinlucio's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark reflective tense 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? Yes

3.25

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

emilyamoreau's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous tense 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

For me this book was a little bit slow in comparison to at least the next two books (I am in the middle of book 4 at the time of this review), but once I got into it I was invested in the characters and world building. I think that the world building is the most interesting part, the characters are a little bit predictable, but not in a bad way! I love how this bridges fantasy and dystopia, I think that is well done, in book 1 I am left wanting a bit more world development and understanding of the history, but I think it works in relation to the series. I do appreciate that the main characters are complex, I found myself questioning them throughout the book wondering if I would agree with their decisions, and wondering if I could trust them. I don't feel like in the first book the cast of characters is super diverse, though I don't think they're necessarily well described in the first book. As characters continue to be developed and explored it becomes clear that the cast is fairly diverse.
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

cpt_noggles3's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

benefactory's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

praise_yhwh's review against another edition

Go to review page

3.0

Every good thing, renewed hope, light at the end of the tunnel---all false. 

And I ate it up (read it in ONE DAY). So excited for the next bkkk! 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings

kenzibir's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

marktheshark's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

akgeekgirl's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Expand filter menu Content Warnings

tovetott's review against another edition

Go to review page

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Holy shit... Holy fcking shit....

I had waved off this book as a "booktok book" for so long after seeing it get so much hype, but I'd like to formally apologize to every time I did. 

The politic plays... the betrayals... the foreshadowing and callbacks and details and secrets, everything caught me off guard and hit me like a punch all the same every time, despite me throwing guesses and theories the entire time as I went. As soon as I thought I had an idea of where things were going, I found myself faced with a detail I had dismissed so easily when it had been staring me in the face the entire time; the phrase "anyone can betray anyone", to give one, heartbreakingly, embarassingly brutal example. The epilogue had me throwing myself across my room gasping in shock and writing Caps-lock notes into my Storygraph notes, even though I SHOULD HAVE FUCKING SEEN IT COMING. AND YET ??? 😭😭😭😭

I hope the quality holds up through the rest of the series, but one of the people I follow have rated the following books with 3-stars after this 5-star one, so I'm gonna stay cautiously optimistic. 

I have not yet finished The Cruel Prince-series (I'm still in the middle of The Wicked King), but I would assume that if you liked that one, you'll devour this book/series just as quickly. 
Expand filter menu Content Warnings