Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Destroy the Day by Brigid Kemmerer

5 reviews

knich's review

adventurous emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

Book was fine. Audiobook narration was good quality, liked the three narrators

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Violence, Grief, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, and War

Mention of torture leading to brain injury, permanent disability/mental deficit. Describes killing in first person detail and aftermath

lkristin2018's review

adventurous dark emotional sad 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? Yes

Although the action and characters are well developed and engaging, I cannot give this book a good rating due to the

glorification of suicide and  murder as the way to solve the main problem. While the author ultimately allowed the king and Quint to escape, their intention was to die while killing the evil consuls. The glorification of suicide and looking at it as a sacrifice for the greater good is especially problematic in a book marketed to teenagers when teenagers currently have a shockingly high rate of suicide. Suicide is a tragedy, not a clever plot point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Confinement, Death, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Chronic illness, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Minor: Pregnancy

multiple reference to suicide, including by drowning, setting oneself on fire, and by explosives. Using suicide/murder to solve a major plot point

Many uses of terms that are pejorative towards mental illness, such as insane and crazy. Extremely vivid depictions of torture and death.

annie45's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

beautifulpaxielreads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? It's complicated

4.0

Harristan is a sweet cinnamon roll who must be protected at all costs.

What a wild ride this was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Torture, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

thumbeleia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Infidelity, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Vomit, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment