Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Left-Handed Booksellers of London by Garth Nix

20 reviews

imscrem's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very enjoyable urban fantasy for a casual read! I appreciated the way that characters played with gender, it added a fun dimension. I never got a full idea of the rules of the universe, but that’s probably on me for getting distracted from the audiobook. The voices were quite well done, too, come to think of it! The narrator did a great job on accents. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rae42's review against another edition

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

2.5

It's written like a middle grade book but then has swearing, sexual references, and violence which should be more for ya books. Almost dnf ed it at the start but did get more into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

aseel_reads's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

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

4.25

I love a silly and eccentric merlin!!  I enjoyed the character interactions and the world building!! The plot was a bit simple but flowed well and made logical sense. Keen to read the next one 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Sexism, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

helfire124's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Gripping story that had me laugh out loud at parts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

pvbobrien's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Death of parent

ophycore's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted mysterious fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Cursing, and Blood

Minor: Self harm

le3713's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

3.75

This one lacked something for me. I was confused by the world building in a way that got in the way of me being gripped by the story's tension.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

minanonim's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence, Self harm, and Death of parent

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious relaxing tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

monniebiloney's review against another edition

funny slow-paced

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

2.0

The main character is blander then a cracker and I would have Droped the book if it wasn't for the efact the world building was interesting and the side characters were interesting.

Merlin was awesome and was non-binary (not that Susan cared or acknowledge this fact, all Susan cared about was that Merlin was hot and looks like a play boy to her. What playboys do you know are debating about changing their physical body's from a male presentation one to a female presentation one Susan. Tell me.) I wish he (the character uses male pronouns in the book, and hasn't decided to switch yet) was the main character as everything about him was more compelling, such as the fact that Merlin was trying to investigate the murder of his MOTHER, while Y/N was looking for her daddy 🥺. I don't think Susan is a good love interest for Merlin, and they need someone who will acknowledge their gender identity, not just place their own expectations onto him. Susan likes Merlin because she thinks he's hot and a playboy, and no other reason and it's depressing. Like Susan, Merlin is a humana being. Treat him like one.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Mental illness, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship