Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Queen of Shadows by Sarah J. Maas

39 reviews

meghan_w's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

My favorite in the series so far!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Blood, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Torture, and War

Minor: Child death

stitchbooks22's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Felt like the pacing was a bit off and that some of the character arcs changed a bit too fast in a short number of chapters to really be able to take in the change for the direction the story was going in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Stalking, War, Confinement, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Pregnancy, Torture, Ableism, Child death, Blood, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Rape, Body horror, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

rorybug's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Kidnapping, Torture, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Grief, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

mary_do_12's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-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? No

4.5

i’m only here for rowan.
- 0.5 stars because the first half of the book was boring without him.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Self harm, Murder, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Violence, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, War, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Torture

emis_books's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

This book is pure perfection. I laughed and cried, felt every possible emotion. I love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Murder, Blood, Death of parent, War, Body horror, Kidnapping, Violence, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

This book made me feel too many things. I mean: the whole Dorian thing, his fathers death, i wanna know if the king of Adarlan was actually a good person and just possessed. So many questions that i have. Even Arobynns death!!!

spatterson7's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Physical abuse, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, War, Cursing, and Slavery

Minor: Sexual content, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Pregnancy, Vomit, Suicide, Alcohol, and Kidnapping

lydia203's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, War, Torture, Physical abuse, Vomit, Grief, Kidnapping, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Slavery, and Violence

bi_n_large's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Confinement, Child death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Rape, Racism, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and War

jessversteeg's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful tense medium-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? No

4.0

Even on the second read, I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Forced institutionalization, Death, Sexual assault, Grief, Body horror, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Confinement, Pregnancy, Vomit, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Child death

ladypalutena's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.25

This is the first book in the series where I found myself caring for Aelin. 

I only started tolerating her about halfway through Heir of Fire - the only thing that kept me reading the first two books is that the side characters were way more interesting than she was. (And yes, I did read Assassin's Blade - and it made my already-dim view of her even worse, oops.) 

These "side characters" are starting to become full-fledged characters in this book. It's clear that Aelin is still supposed to be the main character, but Aedion (I know I'm not spelling that correctly), Rowan, Lysandra, and so on are growing on me much faster than our supposed main character did. I am ALL for seeing a full novel from Lysandra's point of view. I know I'm setting myself up for heartbreak, but if Lysandra dies, I'm rioting. 

This book wraps up with what seemed to be the end of the story - yes, there are a few unknowns, but I was not expecting there to still be THREE MORE BOOKS LEFT. That leaves a lot of time for people to die/for things to go wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Sexual assault