Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Una corte de rosas y espinas by Sarah J. Maas

386 reviews

crownoftamriel's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark 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

3.5

I'm recently back to the reading game (thanks booktok/bookstagram!), and of course heard the hype. Got a great deal on the whole ACOTAR series and was super excited to read them.... from dates read, I started in Jan 2024 and finished in OCTOBER. I could not get into this book, it felt off. I didn't care about most of the characters, I wasn't enthralled by the "mystery" that was being proposed. I can't describe it but I was not sucked in immediately like others have. The first 100-200 pages were difficult to keep pushing on, then I got put into a reading slump and I was just not having it. However, my annual Skyrim playthrough and completion-ist at heart needed to read this damn book series. Once I hit halfway+ I read it super quickly, but not in a voracious, I NEED to know what happens way, in a "I really just wanna see what all the hype is about" way. I'm going to guess that book 1 is not the selling point and it's either the whole universe or probably the last one? I've been pretty good at avoiding most spoilers.  I am interested to see how the story progresses and hopefully fall in love with this universe like everyone else! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Slavery, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Alcohol, War, and Pandemic/Epidemic

courtneyadh's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Kidnapping

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Slavery, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Animal death and Genocide

madi_reads13's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

courtnetto's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

I’m aware this has taken me such a long time to read but finally I’ve finished it! 
I’ve ventured into another fantasy world, which I never thought I’d do again! 
This books follows Feyre as she hunts for food in the woods for her family. Except she kills a High Fae’s deer which leads to her becoming kidnapped by them as part of her punishment. Feyre lived with her sisters, Nesta and Elain and their father. When Feyre is taken to the new lands, we are introduced to Tamlin, Lucien and Rhysand. Feyre and Tamlin strike up a relationship at this point but will not say that she loves him. We are also introduced to Alis around this time too. Soon after, Tamlin and Lucien tell Feyre to run and not look back, so she goes home. However, she returns home to find that their neighbour Clare’s house was burned down and she realises that it is her fault that this has happened. So she leaves home again, and returns back to Tamlin/Lucien. 
Upon entering the world again, she soon finds that Tamlin and Lucien are nowhere to be seen, but she does speak to Alis who tells her where Tamlin and Lucien are. Feyre then decides to go and find Tamlin as she’s told that he was taken by Amarantha because Feyre did not declare her love to him before she left. Feyre was put before Amarantha and this is when she saw Clare’s dead mutilated body, but also saw Tamlin sitting alongside Amarantha in his own throne but making a conscious effort to not react to anything Feyre says or does. 
Feyre is told that she is to complete 3 tasks in order to release Tamlin from her spell, but she was not told how easy or how hard these tasks would be. Feyre goes on to smash all 3 tasks, the 3rd one being the most horrible of the tasks, and this in turn means Tamlin is released from under Amarantha’s spell and Amarantha herself is killed. 
This book was a little slow to get into but I did love it once I got into it, hence the 4 star rating! 
Do recommend! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Minor: Kidnapping

my_personal_escape's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and War

Minor: Child death

chronic_listener's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and War

Minor: Child death

rewatchrereadrewind's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Sexual content, Slavery, Excrement, and Vomit

Minor: Sexual assault

gluttonous_eugen's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, Sexual content, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

amylangdown_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

I loved this book. From the very beginning it was clear that nothing was quite what you expected it to be. It had endless twists and turns and the action was so full and rounded - as was the world it was placed in.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Slavery

ananya_b's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

This was a really wonderful read! The pacing is fast and the plot is gripping. I could hardly put it down until I'd finished. Maas has a wonderful writing style too, apart from one too many uses of "my throat closed up" and "my mouth went dry" and a couple of grammatical errors- I found it slightly more ornate than that of most other modern writers, and there's definitely a lot less swearing. 

The characters are well-rounded, especially Feyre. However, there are a couple of plot inaccuracies

- for instance, the question of why Feyre couldn't see the Attor at first, despite the fact that it wasn't a member of the Spring Court.

Nonetheless, this was one of the best books I've read. I can't wait to read the rest of the series - I hope they're as good as this one!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Slavery, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and War