Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

4 reviews

ladycranstonkc's review

challenging dark hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Death of parent, Chronic illness, Cultural appropriation, Death, War, Genocide, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Cursing, Medical trauma, Drug use, Hate crime, and Violence

purplepickle's review against another edition

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

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

5.0

This book was amazing. I seriously did not expect such a silly sounding title and interesting looking cover to contain such a well written and amazing book. Hands down my favorite book from this year. You wouldn’t think that it would work, but it just does. Abraham, you were an amazing man and president, but by God you were the most amazing Vampire Hunter to roam this planet. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, War, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Slavery, Blood, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Alcohol

read.this.book.

phillyhufflepunk's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

The writing, the story, the metaphor of the vampire is really good. However, it is Abraham Lincoln, the president who signed the Emancipation Proclamation, so slavery and racism are a main part of the book. If that is triggering for you, be cautious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Racism, Slavery, Genocide, Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death, Child death, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, and War

heather667's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, War, Blood, Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Slavery

Moderate: Medical content, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping and Genocide