Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater

10 reviews

lokes's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.5

Why does the author hate short people??

Also really disliked her trying to implement a „strong female character“ and writing a white, blonde woman being a man’s pet and being constantly reduced to her body and literally SA‘d - and I hated Greenman even more, because why was every second line of his a really weird sexual reference? Not to mention the protagonists thinking about how to get him to leave the town and deciding to make up fake videos and text messages of Greenman SAing and then killing literal children, because that was not unnecessary, but also totally disrespectful…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

mighty_dumpling's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This is the middle-symptom-book. I enjoyed it, no question but found Greenmantle, his wife Piper and other spoilery-additions to be not as fulfilling as the characters in the last two books. 

I look forward to reading the last instalment of the Raven Boys - a finale worthy of praise, or so I hope. 

What did this book lack? I'm not sure, maybe I'm too old for teenagers in dire situations.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Grief

Minor: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Blood, and Kidnapping

valenhv8's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence and Abandonment

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

guessgreenleaf's review against another edition

dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Classism

keya_caivalur's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Car accident, and Classism

gracefully_jk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

For the worst of the body horror/gore:

At one point, a person’s death is described, and it includes a good deal of blood and a twisted spine, though not much more detail than that, and the death itself is not as upsetting as one might expect. At another point, a few body parts of children (no longer attached to said children) are described briefly, but only for a sentence or two, and they are not exactly real.

antonia_00's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I’m disappointed. The first and the second book were fantastic, but the third one... The ending was good but that was it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

jenarae's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexual content

camillou's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

a_robin_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Information:

• Spotify audiobook

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Review:

Another solid part in The raven cycle. I still need some more from the story. 

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Review previously placed on my blog:

I'm currently reading Blue Lily, Lily Blue by Maggie Stiefvater. This is the third book in The raven cycle. I'm listening to the audiobook that I got for free from Spotify. 

Really liking this so far. Maybe more then the other books, but I think it will be the same rating as the other two, which was 4 stars. 

Yes, it was the same rating. 4 stars again. I'm sort of disappointed that it has the same mystery in every book if you get what I mean. That will be solved in the last one of course, but I don't really like that. Was a good book, the creepy factor was up there, which was nice as well. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief