Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Children of Blood and Bone: Goldener Zorn by Tomi Adeyemi

21 reviews

lunep's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense 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

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Racial slurs, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Infidelity, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content and Alcohol

Another TW: Colorism

jetlamar's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring reflective tense fast-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

5.0

Besides the pacing waining a bit at times, which is subjective, this is a very well crafted world. Social hierarchy & systems are established very smoothly, but bluntly. I find it difficult to see wrong with this being potentially an origin story, of a hopefully growing & long running franchise. World building to this level is MUCH harder than it looks on the writer's side of things. A very good read for a YA fantasy story.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and War

nurseamandarose's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Grief

Moderate: Death, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

martereadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent and War

v11_'s review against another edition

adventurous sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and War

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and War

oliverreeds's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

everything i wrote was deleted. i spent 15 minutes on this review. the short and skinny since i won’t be rewriting it: the characters are waffle-y

looking at you, inan and you zeili

i also just realized i’ve done ever spoiler up until this point wrong. the romances should have been gay 

looking at YOU zeili and amari bc the straight romances have. no. chemistry. at. all.

and lastly i was confused on a plot point which could have been my fault

the raid was only like ten years ago and that’s when magic went away when king whoever interrupted a ritual but this ritual only occurs every hundred years and it’s coming up agajn after only ten… maybe i misread though

anyways good book but should have been gayer

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

scribblerrva's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring tense medium-paced

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

4.25

This was a great book from beginning to end. The only reason I didn’t give it the full 5 is because only 3 of the 4 central characters had their side of the story told. Other than that, it was a well-written and engaging read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, and Torture

confusedmuse's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Hate crime, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

batwinggoth's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Genocide, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Stalking

Minor: Confinement, Cursing, and Police brutality

ginameix's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring tense 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

I couldn't put it down! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Moderate: Slavery and Torture

Minor: Sexual content and Kidnapping