Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

37 reviews

luah_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

It was okay, it wasn't great in my opinion, I didn't like that Cassandra

make them kiss and then tell us that they are SIBLINGS, and even after that she told us that clary keep thinking him a little bit in a romantic way. And I felt like that revelation was so out of nowhere, maybe it was just me but I feel like it was just for the shock. I also felt so gross with the Magnus insinuation with Alec, like he is a grown ass men and alec is a teenager

Even after that, it wasn't so bad, I didn't got attached with any of the characters but I like the universe that she created.

It wasn't memorable but it was nice for kill time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Incest, Blood, Child death, Abandonment, and Gaslighting

Minor: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, and Body horror

sofiaedstrom's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

Riktig tb till serien jag älskade för massa år sen. Men det märks att boken är en introduktion till kommande böcker, eftersom det känns som att inte så mycket hände.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Violence, Blood, and Death

becxaa's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol and Kidnapping

unremi's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Actually a pretty enjoyable read! It was a bit longer than what I usually read and the plot twist was “interesting.” Even though it was a long book, the world building was really well done. An excellent fantasy choice! Clary is kinda dumb and the book leaves a cliffhanger because it’s a series, but that’s really my only critiques.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest, Medical content, and Kidnapping

readers_hideaway1's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Realize this is a series and unlike a lot if series their is a lot that I don't understand after book one so I will need to read the rest .

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Blood, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Murder, Domestic abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Torture, Toxic friendship, Incest, Confinement, Self harm, Child abuse, Death, War, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Violence

emilywemily6's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

3.5

Holy plot twists Batman. The last 50-100 pages were crazy full of twists and turns. Lots of betrayal, misrepresentations of the past, etc. Overall, this book felt a little more YA than I typically like. Clary is clearly 15 and while the shadowhunter teens are older it is not by much. Some of the things they said or did were stupid honestly, but not overly so (it was only sometimes). I like these characters, they are very distinct and I’m looking forward to seeing where this goes. Though with a title like City of Bones I would have thought that this book would spend more than 2 chapters in the actual City of Bones. Clary was kind of dense when it came to catching on to the plot twists too lol. This book is a bit shallow in terms of world building, etc. but I’m hoping I get more throughout the books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Animal cruelty, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Racism, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, and Sexual content

ashe01's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

I’m not quite sure how I went so long before starting this series, because this book was great! This is such a captivating story, and the numerous plot twists throughout were actually insane! I had problems at times keeping up, because it felt like the world building was so large that it’s a lot to retain and figure out story-wise. I found myself at times getting confused with all the names being mentioned and the different types of beings. The transition from chapter 20 to chapter 21 (and the entirety of that background story chapter) was INCREDIBLE, probably my favorite part of the whole book! I thought it was a very unique take to share such vital information to the story, and it was done beautifully!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Grief, Abandonment, and Child death

Minor: Incest and War

minzzi's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

  I read this book for the first time when I was thirteen, it was the book that turned me into a reader. 
  I love the characters, the settings, the whole world behind the narrative. It just makes me smile rereading this book and remembering the happiness this universe brings to me.
  However, as an adult with critical thinking skills, I can't look past the flaws in the story anymore.
  The dialogue is extremely exposition heavy (specially in the first third of the book), the whole thing with Simon turning into a rat was completely unnecessary to the plot, and above all, the main character, Clary, suffers from a serious case of "not like other girls" syndrome. Seriously, it's bad.
  But, even so, this story is so filled with nostalgia that I could never give any books in this series a bad star rating.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

rafacolog's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Racism, Kidnapping, Blood, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, Torture, and Child abuse

oystersauce's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Incest

Moderate: Kidnapping and Child abuse