Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Summer Sons by Lee Mandelo

15 reviews

valerian_honeybee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Fire/Fire injury

rhi_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Self harm, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Transphobia, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, and Outing

kal517's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Drug use and Homophobia

Minor: Kidnapping

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I don't know how to review this. I feel like I didn't enjoy it as much as it deserves, though I did enjoy it. I couldn't fully get into Andrew or Sam as characters, so even though the writing was good and I enjoyed the story overall (other than a few things that needed a bit more development toward the end), I feel so-so on it. I also don't love atmospheric books, and this was very atmospheric. This came to me from Rainbow Crate Book Box.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Death of parent

Internalized homophobia

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

4.75

This book is oozing in atmosphere. Lee Mandelo has a way of describing things that cuts right to the heart of the image, transporting you into the story. This skill is employed to great effect in this creepy, tragic southern gothic. A story about haunting, inheritance, personhood, and love in all its fucked up forms, this is a great tale to raise the hair on your neck an leave you with a lot to consider.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

theoldestbennetsister's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

Goddamn 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Child death, Transphobia, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Car accident

bootsmom3's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Slavery and Vomit

fanboyriot's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

5.0

Read For:
Ghosts
Chaotic Gays
Spooky Fantasy
Dark Academia
Fast Cars and Stupid Decisions

I read a review that said this was like a gay fever dream and that sums up a lot of it.  The supernatural elements and the overall eerie atmosphere were really lovely.  It was well written, however, the romance was kind of meh at first, by the end of the book it was better but it just felt like there could have been more development with Andrew and Sam.  Overall, the ending was nice and I would definitely re-read this again.
 

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5/5)

Release Date: 28, September 2021

POV: Third Person

Spice: 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️

Rep: Achillean MC, Trans Character, Queer Characters, Polyamorous MMF, BIPOC SC, MC with Anxiety

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Biphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Transphobia, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

bookenbee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Animal death, Racism, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

aus10england's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I can’t say I’ve ever read a book like this before! It was quite a slow paced read, with some little points of excitement throughout until it all comes together at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit