Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

In the Ravenous Dark by A.M. Strickland

4 reviews

jjjreads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny sad tense 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? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Transphobia, Vomit, and Acephobia/Arophobia

Minor: Bullying, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

oliverreeds's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.75

honestky it was very predictable which isn’t bad if there’s a twist. if the characters are unique. if i can feel for them and if the plot doesn’t feel contrived. but in this book that wasn’t the case. the writing was good. the world building was okay. the characters were great but the plot was lacking in substance. the magic system didn’t have clear boundaries and laws, at times one person would die in a way and then the next person just wouldn’t? which was confusing. the plot twist didn’t feel like a twist bc it wasn’t hinted that it was possible so instead of emotional it felt silly. the end of the book as well didn’t quite track for me. our main character is brought through hell and back only for everything to just be okay? no mention of the lasting trauma. the fear. the emotional duress these people were under. it was like it never happened. i wanted to be SHOWN the family dynamic as well. i don’t want the narrator to tell me she has a family. i want to come up with that from watching them. anyways. i still enjoyed reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

merenguita's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.75

It's a really good book but you have to take into acount it's limitations, because it's a stand-alone fantasy it doesn't have the time to fully develop all of the plot points, this also reflects in the love triangle, one of the sides being a lot more intreting in my opinion. 
Even though the world building has it's flaws it is generaly very enticing and it paints a really good picture of what's possible in this world. 
The set up of the conflict is a bit too fast for my taste when it comes to the conflict it self and it's resolution i think it gets a lot better with the pacing. 
In general there is some really good representation and that's very gratly appreciated

The ending was a little bit disappointing because of way too many fake-death scenes, it lost a little bit of it's impact

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gore, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual content

wrenxavier's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? N/A

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Suicide and Kidnapping