Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Everything the Darkness Eats by Eric LaRocca

34 reviews

neva383's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Rape, Homophobia, Racism, and Mental illness

Minor: Pedophilia

jessereadsthings's review

dark tense medium-paced

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Homophobia, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Rape, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse and Pedophilia

heartofhorrors's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Homophobia, Car accident, Excrement, Grief, Murder, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Ableism, Suicidal thoughts, Biphobia, Hate crime, Islamophobia, and Violence

sinisterbeard's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.5

Eric LaRocca is a potentially great novelist who's badly in need of a trad publishing editor. This reads like a great first draft, full of grammatical errors, fancy words used incorrectly, muddy plotting, and frustratingly foolish characters who take very little action and achieve nothing. With a year's polish at a proper house, this could have been Salem's Lot good, which is the book it most reminds me off. As it is, it's deeply frustrating.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Homophobia

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Body horror, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Car accident, and Miscarriage

whodey_spaceman's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Homophobia, and Kidnapping

achay91's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Excrement, Grief, Hate crime, Blood, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Death and Murder

emilysunflowers's review

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Gore, Homophobia, Excrement, Hate crime, Sexual assault, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Violence, Blood, and Physical abuse

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Abandonment, Child death, and Islamophobia

frutista_freeze's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia

Moderate: Violence and Rape

Minor: Kidnapping

avisnoctua's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Violence, Hate crime, Grief, Rape, Excrement, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Mental illness and Kidnapping