Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

A Day of Fallen Night by Samantha Shannon

24 reviews

arcadiamoon10's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Moderate: Death of parent, Animal death, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity, Kidnapping, and Suicide

grets_reads's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Suicide, Vomit, and Kidnapping

nefariousbee's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious relaxing slow-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

such a gem among high fantasies. I'd like for the characters to have more distinct voices, but that's literally my only note. loved it even more than the priory 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, War, Xenophobia, Child death, Death of parent, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Confinement, Death, and Adult/minor relationship

kayceeisbookish's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense slow-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

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Pregnancy, War, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Blood

brookesinfinitebooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional 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? No

4.75

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexism, Violence, and Kidnapping

questingnotcoasting's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

The Priory Of The Orange Tree is one of my favourite books so I had extremely high expectations for this and I was very pleased to find it lived up to them. I enjoyed this just as much as Priory, possibly more. I did make the mistake of starting it while I was tired and it took me several days to really get into it but after that I didn't want to stop. I was excited to return to this world and get to know the new characters, all of whom I ended up loving. The way their plots weave together was very satisfying and I also enjoyed seeing how motherhood was a strong theme throughout. It was also fascinating to see the connections between the two books and consider what it would be like to read this one first. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Violence, and War

quinnyquinnquinn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping, Animal death, and Suicide

aas's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Murder, Pregnancy, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Suicide, Violence, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, and War

stacyaj's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense slow-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

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: War, Kidnapping, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Pregnancy

donatio's review

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective slow-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

4.75

I had high expectations for this book after Priory and it did not disappoint.
The characters and the world were well-fleshed-out, I came to care about them deeply. There were no plot holes and it set up Priory nicely. 
The writing was beautiful, I only found that it was quite slow for me but towards the end it got better. 
Representation of everyone (gender-equality, POC, LGBTQ, etc.) was there, just like it ought to be. 
I loved the themes, motherhood, religion and duty, and how they were explored. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, War, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual content

Moderate: Animal death and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cancer, Alcohol, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Miscarriage