Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Not Even Bones by Rebecca Schaeffer

20 reviews

fionamatilda's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Blood, Torture, Violence, Gore, and Trafficking

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

Minor: Death of parent

codyemma's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Slavery, Blood, Trafficking, Medical trauma, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Child death

ccryptid's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Gore, Confinement, Physical abuse, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Trafficking, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Addiction, Gun violence, Hate crime, and Kidnapping

Minor: Slavery, Stalking, and Pedophilia

wynrii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Wow. This is a YA book? This is very graphic. I might just have a sensitive stomach but this book has such detailed descriptions of body horror that I have ever read. It’s also really dehumanizing in the content. Just oh my gosh it was so vile. 

The plot was very intriguing from the get go, and kept my attention all the way throughout. The first half of the book is literally 5 stars out of 5. It was just perfect in terms of storytelling and graphic-ness.

Where I think it looses its full 5 star rating is a little way more than half. It starts to become a tad bit repetitive. At some points, I questioned and even was a tad annoyed at some of the actions both characters made. The book leads you into thinking it will continue to explore different settings, yet our main character kept going back and fourth when I wanted the story to develop. It almost felt like the author was stalling for time. Again, a lot of it felt like filler but it’s manageable to get through.

By climax of the book, it picks up again. I enjoyed the plot twists the book gave and it made a great set up to tease the sequel. Overall, I enjoyed this book a lot, the writing style was easy to connect too. Even though I felt like throwing up at some points, the plot is so captivating it’s hard to put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Gun violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

r3ader's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Animal death, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Trafficking, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, and Confinement

Moderate: Drug abuse, Addiction, Animal death, Drug use, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Torture, and Grief

Minor: Death of parent, Stalking, Abandonment, and Child abuse

skylar_river's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Cannibalism, Violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Drug use, Kidnapping, and Torture

Minor: Death of parent and Gun violence

nenatie's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism, Kidnapping, Body horror, Animal death, and Torture

Minor: Drug use and Drug abuse

daphneereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Confinement, Blood, Gore, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Trafficking

Minor: Suicide and Death of parent

angelsinthesnow's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective 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

• Good themes
• Interesting concept 
• Well executed
• Not much wrong with it
• Narrator a little annoying sometimes
• Kovit is cool
• Needed more depth
• Enjoyable
• Fast paced
• Original 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Gore, Blood, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Genocide

karelidz's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

My first time reading a book that is included in the "horror" genre. I've been meaning to read it for a while but I was always scared it would be scary; I was pleasantly surprised to find out that it wasn't. 
I enjoyed the story, it has a lot of gore and "medical" scenes that could be disturbing to some people, but I'm not someone easily bothered by gore so that aspect wasn't an issue for me.
I also thought it would have some sort of romance aspect in it, but after reading it, it really doesn't need any romance. It wouldn't have been logical to add romance to the plot.
I'm not sure if I'll continue with the series, but overall it was a good time

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Blood, Death, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, and Medical trauma

Minor: Kidnapping