Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

The Capture by Kathryn Lasky

10 reviews

graeae's review against another edition

adventurous dark inspiring mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism

anispaperbacks's review

adventurous emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

3.75

 I loved Ga'hoole when I was younger so I'm having so much fun reading the series now! I had read this one before so I was fairly familiar but I must say I did not recall the cannibalism. ANYWAY so excited to read the rest of the series. The world is just so so cool, owls are one of my favourite animals so it is heaps of fun to read a fantasy world revolving around them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, and Slavery

Moderate: Murder, Confinement, and Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism, Infertility, and Blood

bishopbox's review

adventurous dark inspiring tense fast-paced

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

3.0

This was one of my favorites as a kid and I decided to reread it. Overall, it’s still a pretty good book. The world building is solid, the characters are interesting, and damn do they make to orphanage terrifying!! 
However, as an adult, I see the flaws more. The titular “Guardians of GaHoole” are mention just shortly at the beginning, but then later become this huge thing out of nowhere. There were a few elements that were also just introduced just for a quick moment and then forgotten about. 
Also there are some… strange implications in this book? Nothing that was outright offensive, but just weird.

The biggest one is the snake maid and how she sees owls as superior beings to herself and keeps proclaiming that she loves being their servant. Idk just rubbed me a weird way. Also it’s implied that the first guardian of gahoole was like owl Jesus? Again, weird stuff

 
I could see this being a miss for a lot of people. It’s a very strange book and I don’t know many people that like owls enough to really get immersed in the owl world. However, it’s not a bad book! I’m sure anyone that’s into the warrior cat series or other “talking animal” fantasy type books would like this. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Physical abuse

Minor: Vomit

auri_underthing's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

Submit. Believe. Cruelty.

Damn. I did not expect this to be a journey and testament to the human owl spirit. Pretty good! The things Soren and his friends go though are pretty harsh, jeez,  considering how this book is aimed at 9-12 year olds. A little slow though. I don’t know if I want to read the next book because poor Soren has been through enough already. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood and Confinement

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Cannibalism

katelyn_reads_'s review

adventurous dark medium-paced

3.0

I’ve grown out of this series, and it certainly has flaws in retrospect, but rereading was a trip down memory lane. Surprisingly dark for a children’s book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gaslighting, and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

Minor: Cannibalism

growplantsreadbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Shockingly dark for a middle-grade fantasy. It's well writen, has compelling characters, and the plot moves very quickly. 
I probably won't be listening to more of the series because I realize now it's 16 books long and all about war. 
The first book alone deals with kidnapping, slavery, brainwashing, and cannibalism. I don't know if I have the heart to hear about more owls dying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Slavery and Cannibalism

shadereads's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Cannibalism

chaoticreadingclub's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Gore

Minor: Cannibalism

mikki_9's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Cannibalism, Death of parent, and War

madeleine_wilks's review against another edition

5.0

GOSH I loved this series as a kid!! Amazing children’s literature, with complex yet easily understood morals, lovable characters, and a nice plot. Descriptions of day being sleepy and night being invigorating may leave you wanting to become an owl yourself. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism

Minor: Violence