Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Hollow City. Il secondo libro di Miss Peregrine. La casa dei ragazzi speciali by Ransom Riggs

9 reviews

shadowspinner's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and War

Minor: Animal death and Kidnapping

ilariasbizzera's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Violence, and Kidnapping

r3ader's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.25

Great continuation of the first book. The plot was amazing and gripping. 
The plottwist at the end was amazing and (at least I) did not see it coming! 
I would definitely recommend every fan of the first book to read the second, too!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Medical content, and War

Minor: Addiction, Child death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Excrement, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

eleanor_gravestock's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Great book with a thoroughly enveloping world. The prose is well written, with a great plot,  nicely rounded and developed characters. 
The very premise of these books is fantastical and wonderfully imaginative, I highly recommend the whole series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture

Moderate: Gun violence and Violence

Minor: Death, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

The spoiler tags make the book look way worse than it actually is, this book is fine for teens just maybe not ten year olds.

yrlaevelyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, Antisemitism, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail

the_books_music_life's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I love these books so much. I honestly don't have anything bad to say about them, the only thing I can think of as a critique is how long the chapters are. That's it.

The new characters we meet in this book add depth to the story, as we learn more about the peculiar world and the trouble it's facing. 

Jacob has a tough choice to make in this book and the way Ransom Riggs went about it was realistic and felt right for Jacob.

The two twists in the book, I had no clue they were coming.

Overall I absolutely adore these books and the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Murder

Bombings, World war II,

blewballoon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

This felt like such a downer, and made me unsure about continuing the series when I checked how long the series actually was. I rated it highly because I do think that if I were in middle school this would have been my jam. It was nice to learn about more Peculiar abilities, creatures, and lore.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and War

wynterwonderland'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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

alisazhup's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I'm not going to do a review for this one. All I can say is: I SAW THAT ENDING COMING! Did anyone else? I guessed it maybe halfway through the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cannibalism