Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Il castello in aria by Diana Wynne Jones

26 reviews

annaluckylark's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Toxic friendship, War, and Classism

eddieboy's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.75

Moderate fatphobia and some… very of their times representations of the kind of setting the main character is from. But it’s great to see howl and all the other characters featured in HMC again

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia and Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty and Child abuse

beccaand's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, and Racism

midsummernoodle's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

I like a lot of things about this book. It is a fun companion to Howl’s Moving Castle, and the fairy tale adventures are satisfying. However, I think reading this book requires a critical lens. There is, unfortunately, some pretty explicit fat phobia/fat-shaming in the book, as well as some orientalism tropes. Not Diana Wynne Jones’s best work, and not necessary to read before you start House of Many Ways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Kidnapping

lakinglaze's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-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

3.0

It was easier to follow the plot in this book than in Howl’s Moving Castle and I rather enjoyed it overall, but I didn’t really like Abdullah unfortunately. On to the last book in the series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Sexism, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Classism

kmaffett's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping

augie_'s review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, and Kidnapping

eddieboy's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted tense medium-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: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse and Racism

convalaria98's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, and Kidnapping

kjboldon's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

4.0

A devourable romp of a story, with a young male protagonist, a carpet seller who falls in love with a princess, who is kidnapped. Adventure ensues, with a djinn in a bottle, a dishonest soldier, a cat, and her kitten. 

The line that made me pause and laugh was when the djinn says how he tried to leave someone who cared behind when he kidnapped princesses so they'd follow him, yet most showed "remarkable lack of spirit, like the king of High Norland, who is merely attempting to catalog his books on his own, without his daughter's help."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Slavery, and Kidnapping