Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Bone Shard Daughter by Andrea Stewart

25 reviews

iamsammie27's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Body horror, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Minor: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, and Racism

lavendera_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, and Grief

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Blood, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

bookishexpat's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

caseythereader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

 - THE BONE SHARD DAUGHTER is one of the most beautiful and engaging epic fantasies I've read in a long time. Stewart drops you into the world with little preamble, letting you figure it out on your own, and the world she has created is intricate, sprawling, and filled with vibrant people.
- There are a pretty big number of POV characters, and each time a chapter ended I was like "no wait, what's next!" but then got immediately engrossed by whoever else we were returning to.
- This is also a queernorm world, with a F/F relationship between two of the main characters.
- I did see the big reveal coming, but that didn't make the story any less gripping - if anything, I was reading faster to see how it all turned out. Give me book two now! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

bookishbutch's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Child death

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Torture, and Medical trauma