Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

452 reviews

bananadia's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

chwinters's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Slavery, and Confinement

clarabooksit's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death and Violence

Minor: Suicide

paniquemecanique's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

I have never ever read a book like this before. If you ate trying to challenge you but you don't want something hard to get into, this is perfect. The story and the world are immersive, and you are not bored once because the personnality of the main character is infectious. We discover everything with him which makes it easy to follow. The story unfolds itself to be creept, dark, surprising and gloomy  when you least expect it. It is impossible to describe. Simply read it. 
Btw if you grew up reading the chronicles of narnia, this is just a perfect adult version.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Murder

flo194's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Death

yilliun's review against another edition

adventurous reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

I was immediately sucked into Piranesi’s world and his constricted reality within the House. I loved how he gave personality to even the simplest of things and his journey to freedom again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Toxic friendship

barelybearable's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

Piranesi is a really mysterious book that I found difficult to grasp at first. I think it’s key to be patient and let the writer reveal the story to you. If you focus on the little things with too much intent, it’s easy to lose sight of the bigger themes. It’s confusing, tragic, and full of wonder with such a beautiful level of execution.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Kidnapping

nayyira's review against another edition

reflective relaxing

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, and Excrement

lillieb130's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship and Mental illness

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Murder, Slavery, and Gaslighting