Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Sedam meseca Malija Almeide by Shehan Karunatilaka

115 reviews

oheshbgesh's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Confusing at times, but ultimately moving and painful and introspective in the best ways 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, War

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Hate crime, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

helloits_sam's review against another edition

4.75

dark reflective medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Violence, War

Moderate: Child death, Homophobia, Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use

forlorn_traveller's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, War

Moderate: Body horror, Homophobia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury

jouljet's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail

geraldinerowe's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional funny informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A well written book with an unusual perspective, and much more than the supernatural whodunnit it could be accused of being. It taught me a lot about Sri Lanka, and its messages on political power and violence could be applied anywhere. However, I found the book to be overly long and, although I enjoyed it, it never really gripped me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, War

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Blood, Car accident