Well, now we have art imitating your traumatic encounter with the thorns and mosquitoes! That's the way to do it!
Emotional content of the torture scenes: Yeah, I guess that's where the screen reader program wouldn't be very helpful. It might sound flat, but human readers will create all sorts of visuals and my have some emotional triggers that will either keep them glued to their seats, or make them run. It's so funny. I know people that can read all kinds of brutal stuff, but can't stomach threesomes or mpreg! We're an interesting bunch. :D
Yay for happy endings! Yeah, I'm schmoopy by nature, so I need to have an ending that's at least a little hopeful, if not completely happy. I'm glad the three of them have a lot of time now to heal and grow together.