Reviews tagging 'Torture'

River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

8 reviews

amandalachelle's review

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Torture, Violence, and Fatphobia

black_cat_iiix's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gore

Moderate: Torture, Murder, Violence, Animal death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Animal cruelty

quinnyquinnquinn's review

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, and Torture

oliverreeds's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

good but the tension wasnt balanced. there should have been more exposition. more character building. so good tho. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Pregnancy, Blood, Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Torture

anxiousnachos's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

How is it possible for me to love one author so much, another Sarah Gailey book that I loved. This was absolutely wild and full of rollicking Western fun but with hippos! I know it’s a novella so short but I still read the whole thing in one sitting (it’s about double the length I would usually do in one sitting). I am craving more books with the exact energy/vibes that the Hero/Houndstooth relationship has, good god I need more of that in my veins, it was GLORIOUS. The FLIRTING. This is the shit!!! 🙌

Content warnings: death, animal death, gore/blood, violence, torture, murder, pregnancy 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Animal death, and Pregnancy

twinsunsfour's review

too gory for me!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, and Violence

codywolf's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, and Torture

ailsaod's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Am a bit conflicted by this book. Overall I enjoyed it - although it is very short and I got through it in an afternoon.

The setting was great - I really enjoyed the effects the introduction of hippos had on the course of history and how integrated they had become into daily life as well as how this was all done in such a small number of words and the plot is solid, though fast moving.

When the characters were introduced I HATED almost all of them on sight to varying degrees so it is an achievement that in ~170 pages I came to care for three of them (I would advise that you not read this if you like your main characters to be good people). Admittedly Hero was great from the start (if very murderous). The (domesticated) hippos are actually dears and are another reason this story was good. The romance is a little insta-lovey but with so few pages that is to be expected I suppose and Hero and Houndstooth were a delight together. I won't spoil anything (oh boy does a lot happen in the second half of the book) but in my opinion Hero saved this book for me and is the reason this is 4 stars rather than 3!)

However I wasn't so much a fan of how brutal things got at times. It fits the story but at one point I thought someone was going to get their mustache cut off and instead it was their EAR!

Finally let me warn you that there is a v unsatisfying ending and if you think you are going to like it then maybe have book 2 on hand because I don't and I need to know what happens next. Romeo and Juliet much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Gore

Moderate: Death