Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

O vampiro Armand by Anne Rice, Adalgisa Campos da Silva

5 reviews

shellfish's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, and Child abuse

While there isn't literal incest, a major relationship does have a pseudo-incestuous dynamic, i.e. a relationship between a minor and a father figure.

moreau's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

4.5

probably my favorite book in the series. very disappointed in the lack of daniel and how shit the one mention of him was, him and armand are the best together. other than that, loved this book.
literally tw everything though its atrocious but i love that its funny

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, and Trafficking

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Self harm, Slavery, Death of parent, Suicide, and Addiction

carrionkid's review against another edition

4.0

Overall, I think the last 2/3rds of this book really make it worth the read. The first third is ROUGH, filled to the brim with gratuitous CSA that the author doesn't seem to have an issue with. But from there on, I think it's a strong addition to the series even if some of the events actively contradict past books in the series. It's visceral and raw and a very good change of pace from the other books in the series. However, the CSA definitely knocks it down a star.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

sofipitch's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.0

I have no desire to read books 4 and 5 in the vampire chronicles, I skipped from Queen of the Damned to this book. So I was disappointed when the plot of Memmoch figured in heavily towards the last 100 or so pages. I liked the backstory of Armand's life as a human but had to mentally age him up in my mind for some scenes to be bearable. I wish Anne Rice could resolve conflict between characters rather than just having characters drift away from each other to find new companions who suddenly love them unconditionally right after meeting them. I didn't give this book a super low rating because I knew ahead of time that the quality of Anne Rice's books drop off after Queen of the Damned do I went into the book with much lower expectations. I love historical fiction and settings and like I said, I really did enjoy the first part of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Rape, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Trafficking

Minor: Child abuse, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Car accident

parttimerarebookdealer's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Trafficking