Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Wonder Engine by T. Kingfisher

5 reviews

sonatica's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted relaxing sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Sexism, Cursing, Death, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Torture, War, and Blood

Minor: Murder, Religious bigotry, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Vomit

huntress's review

adventurous dark funny reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Grief, Sexual content, and War

Minor: Sexism, Torture, Suicide, Stalking, Religious bigotry, Pandemic/Epidemic, Misogyny, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, and Child death

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Well, as expected being the continuation of the first half of the story, almost all my questions were answered. 

I do think that the split between books one and two should have been at a different point (if not non-existent) since it was very abrupt but not in a way that built tension or really ended on a cliffhanger which would have been remedied by moving that cut off point by a few chapters.

Overall, I really enjoyed this journey.  It was definitely the most adult-ish book I've read from Kingfisher thus far and I still think it was easy to read and tame enough that I would give it to a young teenager with zero qualms.

I wouldn't consider this series to be in the "heist" genre since the main goal wasn't to necessarily steal anything but a quest to end a war (by whatever means).  There was no real master plan to do it either beyond to get into the city and find out what was going on.  Lately it seems like if there exists a motley crew/rag-tag bunch etc. of unlikely people come together with a common cause that somehow equates a heist.

Either way, I liked it.  The banter was fun, Grimehug was a gem, and an implied happily ever after which is all anyone can ask for.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Xenophobia, Gore, Grief, Death, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Violence, War, Abandonment, Animal death, Blood, and Murder

lotten4's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

It had more romance than clockwork boys. It was almost as funny

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Violence, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, Torture, and Sexual content

zazreads's review against another edition

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

2.0

I really wanted to like this one, largely disappointed. Brilliant ideas, decent writing, failed execution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Sexism