Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Room by Emma Donoghue

200 reviews

bri1105's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Confinement, Grief, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, Torture, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

jedimomtrix's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Miscarriage, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Rape

Minor: Suicide attempt

oceanic_rabbit's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

Even on re-reads, knowing what will happen. This book absolutely captivates and is so raw and rich. An all time favourite 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

bookskatie's review against another edition

emotional hopeful

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape and Suicide attempt

Minor: Self harm, Miscarriage, Excrement, and Vomit

brontet97's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

aproudmc13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Miscarriage

kiersantangelo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia

ricksilva's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-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

Told from the point-of-view of a five-year-old boy who has lived his whole life in a single room, the room where his mother has been held prisoner by a kidnapper for seven years. The beginning of the book does a great job of building tension around the scenario, and the mother comes up with an extremely dangerous plan to try to escape, but one in which her child must play the crucial role. And then the story departs completely from the pacing one would expect from a thriller, focusing instead on the aftermath and the lingering effects of trauma on mother and son as they try to adapt to their return to the world.

There are a few spots where it felt like the author was scrambling for "okay, now what else could go wrong?", but the voice of Jack, the protagonist and narrator, is very engaging, and the story does a tremendous job of getting maximum impact out of small details. 

It was also nice to see some breaking of standard thriller tropes: The villain is not near-infallible, and really isn't even a major focus of the story. The cops and medical people are competent and compassionate, and the supporting cast is provided a good degree of depth of character, even through what we observe by way of Jack.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Rape, and Miscarriage

superiour_medium's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Trafficking

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Minor: Child death

geoisnotokay's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, and Stalking