Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

14 reviews

frednamode's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

2.0

Da Vinci more like Don’t Vinci
Once again the only female main character has to be younger than our male protagonist and end up being the love interest by the end. She has to be beautiful and clever but not as witty or charming as the MC because this is basically a self-insert of the author’s fantasy of being taken seriously by younger women.
Do we really have to sexualise her right away, Dan? Can you write a single woman without talking about her body the moment we meet her? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

syrah78's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I feel like I need to do research after this! The mystery was enticing and unique. I did not realize how complicated history can be especially interwoven with religion. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Blood and Kidnapping

juleseliasw's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very fun and interesting as a lover of symbols and history! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, and Alcohol

vikaa_xy's review against another edition

informative mysterious slow-paced

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

2.25

I don't like history stuff and in this book there was A LOT OF HISTORY 😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Religious bigotry

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Kidnapping

amytk's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent

mattiedancer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Writing: 4⭐️/5 

The writing falters at some points, but shines at others. I particularly loved how Brown writes about history and art in a way that blends fiction and fact seamlessly. I also enjoyed the flow of action, which was mostly easy to follow. What I liked less was the reliance on some sexist tropes of female characters. And, while the writing was functional, it definitely fell into some tropes for the favour of time and ease of reading. Not necessarily a bad thing, but definitely not the strongest writing characteristic.

Characters: 3.5⭐️/5

Alright, so I get it. Robert Langdon is very, very badass. But he doesn’t know it. It was both fun and not fun at times to follow him, but I did overall enjoy him and most of our main characters. I felt less love towards the suddenness at which Robert and Sophie found themselves romantically involved. I also didn’t buy into Sophie’s reason for essentially estranging herself from her grandfather. It felt like something that would’ve been silly to keep going for that long. 

Plot: 4.25⭐️/5 

Okay, so the plot is incredibly... fun? That seems like the wrong word, but here we are. I enjoyed reading the plot, despite its many ups and downs and some completely unbelievable sections. But I was okay with employing some suspension of disbelief (like the many many hours of zero sleep) to enjoy the engaging, ever-changing, ever-moving plot.

Who Should Read This Book? 

• Fans of mystery novels
• Fans of thrillers
• Fans of art history who like mysteries/thrillers

Content Warnings? 

• Murder, death, self-harm, gun violence, ableism, blood, death of parent, car accident, violence, stalking, gaslighting, emotional abuse, religious bigotry, torture, kidnapping, confinement

Post-Reading Rating:  4.75⭐️/5

Well, that was fun.

Final Rating: 3.75⭐️/5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

ritugp01's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

Very famous and well known book! Glad to have read it and found they clues fun to solve, I especially loved all the art and symbolism that's inherent to the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

elspethmigliore's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

okay…this was fine ! 

it was actually very interesting and informative, but i feel like every single chapter there was an inessential lecture about a random topic that didn’t even contribute to the story. i was very pulled in the whole time, but by the end i felt like it was just a whole lot of words with a half-assed ending. overall it was like a decent read and i’m suddenly very interested in symbolism regarding religion, but i know some of this information isn’t even accurate so i’m slightly confused. 

i’d probably reread. this was pretty interesting ✅

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death

Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Death of parent

bessadams's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Sexual content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Torture

mirandyli's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I read this book after watching the film in high school. There are some thought-provoking parts. I'm not sure if it's historically accurate, but I don't really care either, as I'm not religious. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting