Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Carry on by Rainbow Rowell

67 reviews

jc_wb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted 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? Yes

5.0

Brilliant.
If you liked the fake snippets of Carry On in Fangirl, then read this! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent and Animal death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, and Blood

avisreadsandreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Confinement, Pregnancy, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Animal death

Minor: Vomit, Homophobia, Abandonment, and Panic attacks/disorders

reannareading's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

5.0

Amazing

Agatha needs to take a chill pill

<Spoiler> Agatha is on drugs 
<Spoiler> Baz is a great character and he deserves Simon

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Cursing, Bullying, Blood, Animal death, and Abandonment

theroach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

How is this book so cute while also being really sad but also really funny all at the same time. Gobbled this up faster than a candy corn.

  It was Agatha all along. Can we have a moment of appreciation that the toxic, manipulative, absolutely trash adults end up being the villains instead of portraying these people as super wise father figures that can do no wrong, forgiven and idolized to the gd end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gaslighting, Homophobia, and Police brutality

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Confinement and Kidnapping

else's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I love the adventure and the concept and the writing.
It's gay and queer and I love that. But why does the author completely ignore the concept of bisexuality.

One of the characters keeps wondering if he's gay when he dated a girl for 3 years and he never wonders wether he's bi.

It's weird to completely ignore the word and the concept in these circumstances.  It feels like bi-erasure to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and War

Minor: Vomit

ameliad23's review against another edition

adventurous emotional lighthearted mysterious 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: Cursing, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, and Violence

Minor: Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying

tristonleeann's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

It is filled with great, lovable characters such as: disaster, sour cherry scone loving chosen one who can’t control his magic; best friend who is done with her friends crap, but still loves and supports him anyway; girl who likes ex-boyfriends (who is still in love with her) arch-nemesis; and finally disturbed (not my word, his), depressed, suicidal (at times), self-loathing, dramatic, gay vampire

who is in love with the boy who is supposed to be his arch-nemesis.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Kidnapping, Murder, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Stalking, and Violence

It’s great book that has a romance in it that doesn’t completely take over the plot. You could take out the romance and it would be just as good, having said that it is a wonderful addition.

What makes it even better is that it is the enemies to lovers trope.

libbyhb's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

Did a re-read of the first two Simon Snow books ahead of the release of Any Way the Wind Blows, and this time I read them by audiobook! I highly recommend the audiobooks, Euan Morton is a delightful narrator. (Side note, his son is Young Sheldon? Wild.) I've read Carry On at least three times - it's such a comfort read for me. I enjoyed it just as much this time around, although with each reread my patience with Simon lessens, lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

litokeland's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping

consucks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Blood

Moderate: Animal death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Abandonment, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Suicidal thoughts