Reviews tagging 'Torture'

City of Thieves by David Benioff

17 reviews

mayaep's review

adventurous dark 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Torture, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, War, Cannibalism, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

ppotomova's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Antisemitism, Sexual assault, Torture, Pedophilia, Genocide, Death of parent, and Animal death

katerister's review

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Rape, Torture, and Animal death

gailbird's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Violence, Death, War, Cannibalism, and Animal death

Moderate: Antisemitism, Classism, Cursing, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Homophobia, Gore, and Sexual content

Minor: Excrement, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Xenophobia

capacity4wonder's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful 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? Yes

3.75

All the women are treated as sex objects. 

Why is Vika's story not the one being told??? She has such an interesting story and we barely get to here any of it!! Also, why does she get a makeover in the end? Why does she have to be super fem all of a sudden?? I get looking different after the war, maybe growing her hair out, but the way he described her seemed way too different. 

If I were to teach an English class about Chekhov's gun, I would get them to read this book. Each of the guns went off at the at the most satisfying and devastating moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Death, Torture, and War

Moderate: Sexual violence

redporchinverter's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.5

I don't think I would've liked City of Thieves as much if it wasn't inspired by a true story, because the twists it takes are so absurd and harrowing that they must be grounded in reality to be believable. In Lev and Kolya, David Benioff finds heroes with just the right mix of gallows humor and idealism to bring light to the horrifying circumstances in which they find themselves without reducing that suffering to merely a backdrop for their adventures. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, and Violence

kgoody's review against another edition

adventurous sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Animal death, War, Torture, Murder, Cannibalism, Blood, Suicide, Sexual content, Child death, and Racism

wilanders's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Torture, Gun violence, Genocide, Suicide, Excrement, Cursing, Cannibalism, Vomit, and War

seforana's review

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cannibalism, Death, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Violence, War, and Torture

Minor: Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Rape

chupacobbruh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, War, Gun violence, Child death, and Antisemitism