Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Coroa da meia-noite Midnight Crown: Trono de Vidro, Livro 2 Throne of Glass, Book 2 by Sarah J. Maas, Brina Costa

119 reviews

nimeneth's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I know this is kind of the point with an epic series, but ffs, everyone, just TALK about things!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

birdsandships's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, Grief, Colonisation

Minor: Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Kidnapping

eleek0609's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Genocide, Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Sexual content, Death of parent

j0rd4n_h41n's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder

Minor: Rape

emma97louise's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous 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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Self harm, Torture, Violence, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent

marahill14's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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: Yes

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When is the second book ever better than the first one? Here. Wowww. 

(And it even redeemed Dorian)

Only taking a quarter star because I saw the last chapter coming from a mile away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder

abbyynormal's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Physical abuse, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, War

Minor: Cursing, Death of parent, Alcohol

kristanjenkins's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging emotional 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, War, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Sexual content

hxlleann's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional inspiring sad tense medium-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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Genocide, Gore, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

savage_book_review's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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As with my 'Throne of Glass' listen, I do think I got more out of the physical book (which I have reviewed previously) - my reading pace means I can work my way through the plot quickly and keep things moving, but listening at a predetermined speed means this feels a lot slower. This one is also a LOT of worldbuilding and set up for the main story arc, and this early on there are a lot of unanswered questions, which also drags the narrative down.

I'll say it now; I don't really get all the shade people throw at Chaol. No, he isn't my favourite character, but I get the sense that he genuinely just wants to do the right thing for his country, himself and his friends. He may not always achieve the desired result, but it's not him being malicious, it's just how he's wired. The audiobook for me only reinforces this view. 

I appreciate that the 'reveal' in this doesn't come as a surprise to me as this was a reread, but if it was I think I'd have had a bigger reaction to it by reading the physical book. The narration is as good as ever, but there's just something about this section that falls a bit flat for me - it doesn't give me that heightened heartbeat or that build up and crash of a wave that should come from a big moment. 

In accordance with SJM's instructions, Assassin's Blade is up next.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Gore, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Rape, Sexual content, Xenophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, War