Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling

23 reviews

saurahsaurus's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Torture, Bullying, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Child death, Confinement, Animal death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

Minor: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Sexism, Transphobia, and Fatphobia

A note on some of the content warnings. Although the transphobia is not explicit, the author very clearly believes in a “gender binary,” and therefore segregated bathrooms, dorms, etc. according to that discriminatory belief system. Furthermore, there are several remarks and depictions that I, personally, consider to be sexist because they reinforce stereotypes based on gender. (And, again, the author believes gender to be binary.) For example, most of the females frequently weep while the males remain stoic. At one point, the author describes Vernon and Petunia as looking as horrified as if their son, Dudley, had confessed he wanted to be a ballerina. While sexism and transphobia are not major plot points, I wanted to warn viewers for whom this type of content (even to a minor degree) is triggering, so that they may be aware and make an informed decision.

annapox's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Genocide, Xenophobia, Torture, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Slavery, Murder, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, War, and Hate crime

Minor: Abandonment, Cursing, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Ableism, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Vomit, Gore, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Self harm, and Sexism

charleshasalibrary's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Genocide, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and War

_alyssar_'s review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Grief, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy and Kidnapping

accio_gays's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This is definitely one of my favourites of the series. Way better than the film's, the first one especially (tent the film *eyeroll*). Always something happening unlike previous books where it takes a while for Harry to really do something. There's continuous new discoveries that excite me everytime you can click it together. The writing style is definitely so much better than previous books, and it was just easier to read due to the continuous adventure, I loved it! It didn't wait until the end of the book to uncover the mystery and I appreciated that, there was clues right throughout. Makes me cry every single time, just the deaths and Kreacher (he broke my heart in OoTP, but he puts it back together in this, with his story uncovered I have a new appreciation for him. And the end when he bursts into the battle, just tears. Anyways, overall a good read and would definitely read again. It's definitely the darker of the HP books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, War, Torture, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Death

jbabbm's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Murder, War, Violence, and Kidnapping

jjpope's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, and Violence

luluslittlelibrary's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

4.5

This is probably my least favorite of the series, but it is still a good book and concludes the series nicely.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent

racheljones's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

annapox's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Hate crime, Murder, Slavery, War, Xenophobia, and Torture

Minor: Alcohol, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Ableism, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Racial slurs, Cursing, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Gore, Sexism, Terminal illness, and Vomit