Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Island by Adrian McKinty

17 reviews

wondahwoman'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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Mental illness, Colonisation, Gore, and Kidnapping

Minor: Terminal illness and Alcoholism

lexithelion's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

This book is SO good I could not put it down. I had a tough time deciding between it being character or plot-driven because the plot of this book is so straightforward, driving, and easy to feel and understand but ultimately the characters' growth describes their choices and makes me feel tense. We begin with a seemingly normal and very realistic family that ends up in a very 0-100 tense situation and the terror is real. The way that Tom's true character comes to fruition lines up with how Heather would experience finding out who he truly is. The book's resolution is extremely satisfying and every character arc feels real. I love the potential super-naturalness that occurs from the islander's perspective, viewing Heather as a sort of Karma for their past sins. Excellent book; would read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, Stalking, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, Gore, Violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Car accident, Child abuse, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Alcoholism, Suicide, Infidelity, Excrement, Medical content, and Vomit

This is a very dark book. There is only peaceful bliss in the very last chapter. Please see my content warning tags for dark themes in this book.

aliteracja's review against another edition

mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Car accident, Torture, Racism, Colonisation, and Rape

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

dev921's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Gun violence, Colonisation, Confinement, Death of parent, Violence, Mental illness, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Medical trauma, Vomit, Drug use, Blood, and Car accident

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Genocide, Gore, Kidnapping, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Colonisation, Cursing, Animal death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Blood, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Medical content, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Infidelity

mstadhei's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Animal death, Torture, and Physical abuse

laurenlarkineramo's review against another edition

Way too dark for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Car accident, and Gore

lindsaybarrows's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Animal death, Grief, Car accident, Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Body horror, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape and Genocide

batcaves's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Torture, Abandonment, Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, Gun violence, and Racism

carissa230's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

1.75

This book was not what I was expecting. I honestly think it would make a decent movie, but I didn't like it as a book. The characters were all unlikeable in a way that I think we were supposed to like some of them. The audiobook was so good though. The narrator does a good job, there are sound effects, and it's very well paced. 

Heather recently married Tom after his wife passed away. The kids don't like her, they are outwardly hostile. I think the part that gets me is that she didn't want kids, but she wanted the life Tom could give her. Yet not once did she lose it and yell or get annoyed and leave. Heather was so perfect. The young new wife. The completely understanding step mom that never got upset with the kids. The military kid that remembers everything her father taught her about survival. The calm one that's willing to sacrifice herself so that everyone else can survive. I think we were really supposed to like Heather and I found her perfection irritating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder