Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Storm of Locusts by Rebecca Roanhorse

12 reviews

mj1588's review

adventurous mysterious medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Religious bigotry, Body horror, Trafficking, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual assault and Rape

aparker89's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Drug use, Genocide, Toxic relationship, Murder, Misogyny, Trafficking, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Death, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, War, Gaslighting, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Toxic friendship, Slavery, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

inklunars's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Blood

Minor: Rape

vivavia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Trafficking, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, Torture, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Violence, Grief, Toxic friendship, Gore, and Gun violence

nerodyne's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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

4.0

I greatly enjoyed this book, more so than the first actually. I'm glad that Rissa and the other Goodacre's got more focus in this book, and I enjoyed Ben's inclusion in the cast. I really feel like the cast and the themes of being better than your past self really came to fruition, and I appreciated the fact that by the end of the book Maggie is no longer mostly isolated and alone but has friends and family that she trusts to watch her back even if they don't always get along. I also found the conflict with the White Locust compelling, it made the story feel more cohesive than the first book did in my opinion. If a third book ever comes out in the series, I'll be sure to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Kidnapping and Trafficking

Minor: Rape

horizonous's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Torture, Murder, Violence, Blood, and Death

Minor: Rape, Trafficking, Slavery, and Sexism

◦ Death = Friend
◦ Drug abuse = Being drugged
◦ and some graphic descriptions about locusts (crawling, biting, etc.)

bookflix's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.75

I need the next one, but I also don't want anything bad to happen to them 😕 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Confinement

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Child abuse, and Child death

Cults, Insects

kiandrareadsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Minor: Cursing, Rape, Racial slurs, and Slavery

suz_n_van's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Trafficking

Moderate: Body horror, Blood, Confinement, and Genocide

amandaquotidianbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

3.5

I missed Kai’s presence in much of this story. It felt very episodic for most of the novel. I was relieved that though the world building was dark, there wasn’t an increase in the trauma on the page. I think I’ll enjoy this more upon rereading. The theme of found family is the main one, and I was distracted by Kai’s absence too much to appreciate it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content