Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Children of Húrin by J.R.R. Tolkien

4 reviews

aisabel's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Death, Incest, and War

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Ableism, and Torture

askhualrak's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, War, and Suicide

Moderate: Incest, Slavery, and Torture

littlecat's review

adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

Because of the title I wish it had a bit more focus on Turins sisters, (also his Mom, I think she is really interesting!). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Death, Violence, Slavery, and Grief

Moderate: Incest, Child death, Suicide, and Torture

the incest is between adult siblings who have not grown up together, they are unaware of their relation

ssgcedits's review

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

5.0

Worse than following the misfortunes and misadventures of well-rounded characters is imagining a parent (or grandparent) watching it all with no chance of helping them, or looking away, or moving, or dying. It is a dark story and perhaps not as easy to follow as some of Tolkien's more famous books, but every bit as brilliant. I also loved learning a bit more about the history of Middle Earth. My edition had a lovely foreword by Christopher Tolkien (RIP), where he offers a bit more context and a few linguistic explanations - a real cherry on top!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest, Torture, and Murder