Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Twin Crowns, by Catherine Doyle

6 reviews

bookish_paws's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Grief

Minor: Kidnapping, Animal death, Blood, Death, and Death of parent

kaziaroo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

This was fun to read, with likeable characters and quite an predictable yet enjoyable plot. I recommend it to fans of the Lunar Chronicles as it has a similar style, and The Priory of the Orange Tree for the theme of re-examining history (and another queer-normative world!). The clichés and unoriginality made for quite a relaxing read, although I wasn't always a fan of the romance (why did the characters' attraction to each other make them forget everything important and throw caution to the wind?) – I suspect that's a case of me no longer being in the target age range, however :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Alcohol, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: War and Death of parent

Minor: Acephobia/Arophobia, Sexual content, and Torture

morna's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Death, Xenophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Genocide, Murder, Sexism, War, and Kidnapping

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Minor: War

hanna's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful 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

4.5

I was so pleasantly surprised by this! 😍 

"Twin Crowns" was the first book in months I was able to really focus on and speed through. It reminds me so much of the fantasy books from 4-5 years but in such a positive way. It's got great worldbuilding, interesting relationship and some great action at the end (and of course, the romance was nice, too 😉). 

I would definitely recommend it and I'm looking forward to the next book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Confinement, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

wonderlandiful's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gaslighting, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Minor: War