Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Desconexión by Neal Shusterman

20 reviews

oliverreeds's review against another edition

dark hopeful 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Car accident, Abortion, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

snazz07's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Gun violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Kidnapping, Abortion, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Cursing, Mental illness, Racism, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

_morgan's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement and Abandonment

Minor: Gun violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

anniereads221's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, and Murder

touchegiantsquid's review against another edition

dark sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

The book tries to "both sides" the debate between pro and anti choice laws for the sake of thrills. I would not say it handled that well.

It's hard to take this dystopia seriously since it seems to lack any theory of how politics works. It's just "what if a bunch of terrible things happened? Wouldn't that be terrible?" It doesn't seem to have anything to say about the debate, it just wants to use it to give the appearance of synthesis at the conclusion.

The craft of the conclusion was good, which is why I didn't rate the book lower.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

scarlettskyes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Slavery, Religious bigotry, and Abandonment

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Blood, Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Mass/school shootings, Abortion, and Pregnancy

plumquin's review against another edition

adventurous challenging hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Violence, Police brutality, and Abortion

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicide, and Medical content

Minor: Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual harassment

jpellwood's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Murder

mgroller's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad 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? Yes

3.75

I hate-to-love this book. I have never had a book make me physically recoil as I have while reading Unwind. Serious stomach-churning action. It seems glaringly exaggerated to start, but the pit-in-my-stomach sensations of realizing that

if the technology existed, on some level I see similar ripples of the opinions in this book being feasible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Abortion

Moderate: Police brutality and Kidnapping

Minor: Confinement and Gore