Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Bright and the Pale by Jessica Rubinkowski

4 reviews

itsdelladarling's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Really enjoyed this read! I'm excited for a sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Mental illness, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Torture, Blood, and War

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Cultural appropriation, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

karapillar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional tense slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahsbooklife's review

adventurous sad 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? Yes

3.5

Started off slow but got better as the book went on. There was a bit of a dip in the middle when things slowed down and the group reached the mountain. But the pace suddenly picked up and the ending was really good. I'm definitely excited to see where the story will go in the next book and what will happen to the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Infidelity

Moderate: Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, and War

egurgens's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

First of all: I absolutely loved this book. The idea, the execution, is just fantastic. Plot twists, political plots, gods, monsters, some horror, romance, family, ugh. Just so good. The only thing that I struggled with is that there was a lot of down time

the mountain

where there could have been more plot. Also Valerias main character trait is her anger, which sorta makes sense, but I would’ve liked some more variation. I definitely need the next book, like, now. But it doesn’t come out until next March 😥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, and Injury/Injury detail