Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore

50 reviews

aleyajo's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Lovisa is gay for Nev. Unfortunately not as good as the other Graceling realm books, however Giddon and Hava are great in this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

cicizzy's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Physical abuse, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Vomit and War

catinaflatcap's review

mysterious tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual violence

noetical's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cursing

clittleford3's review against another edition

1.0

Argh, despite the weird beginning, this book had so much potential. The plot and action was solid, but the story was ruined by constant sexual references and exploits. Seriously, a 16 year old seducing boys to spy on her parents?! Forcing her best friend to sleep with her rather than discuss what’s going on?! It was completely unnecessary and destroyed what would have been a great book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

beary_bookwormish's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

As always Miss Cashore spends a wonderful yarn. I love that her characters have a lot of depth and they are very human. It's a fantasy without it being too fantastical. The characters are very flawed.

The character Lavesa is extremely complicated. She has so many things going on and she is always trying to figure out something, about someone or something. Her mind is constantly in overdrive. Her journey is very different that's the best way to put it. I was really surprised about the promiscuity of the main character Lavesa she had no Scruples whatsoever which was surprising.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

gen_nh's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief

how_sweet_the_sound's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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

This book is very different from the rest of the Graceling realm series, especially with it’s multiple POVs, but it’s a beautiful story of love for each other and for one’s country as Bitterblue wants to continue to right the wrongs done to Monsea and Lovisa wants to right the wrongs done to herself and her family.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and War

emilycfox's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault and Toxic relationship

kell_xavi's review

adventurous medium-paced

3.5

This is a strange series with every turn. I liked the politics here, but didn’t find the fantasy elements as strong. The sex was overkill.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: War