Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Fever Code by James Dashner

7 reviews

guccishoestrings's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

"WICKED is good" man this is the book the kill order should have been. This book actually dropped without my knowledge and my sister bought it for me during Christmas one year. I dreaded reading this book at first as the kill order is by far one of the most disappointing books I have ever read and much to my surprise, this might be my favorite book in the entire series. This book was needed to explain the origins of what WICKED is trying to accomplish, their values, and what their beliefs are. It also explains who Teresa and Thomas were before the maze. This book does just that while making WICKED look much worse than they actually are in the original trilogy.

Three quotes from this book really sum it up "We can't let fear control us", "Fear is a powerful tool, but it shouldn't control us", and "The greatest enemies are often those closest to us".

Read the original trilogy before this book as it takes away from a lot of mystery that was in those books. Skip the kill order and read this book, it is an absolute gem that I read in two days due to how good it was.

P.s. Always remember "WICKED is good".

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Torture, Violence, Murder, Child abuse, and Death

_ren's review

dark emotional funny sad tense fast-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

The prequel we all needed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death, Child abuse, Body horror, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Gore, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Medical content, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Genocide, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit

allisonbrooke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Violence, Child death, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, Medical content, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death, and Gore

arthur_ant18's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Grief, Child abuse, Cannibalism, and Child death

Minor: Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

tbs250's review

adventurous challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Death, Body horror, Confinement, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gun violence, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment and Grief

ishouldbereading's review

dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child death, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Cannibalism, and Child abuse

Minor: Blood, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

oktuber's review

adventurous dark slow-paced

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

2.0

This is one of the most boring books I've ever read. I had to stop reading for a few months, then I was able to push through until the end. It feels like a cash-grab on the part of Dashner: there was no reason for this book to be written. In fact, it felt like it weakened the other books. Instead of exploring other characters or topics, we got to watch the same cast of characters form the exact same friendships. Wouldn't it have been interesting (and heartbreaking) to see Thomas have deep and genuine friendships that, after his memory was erased, he never remembered?

This book was pointless, and the worst part was that it was boring. While reading the original trilogy, I found that the constant go-go-go of the plot and constant violence became boring after awhile. Especially when several nameless characters died and we were supposed to care about them. This book had the opposite problem. Most of the book was told through summaries of what was happening, in which Thomas repeatedly did a whole lot of nothing. In the brief times that there were actual action/plot beats... I couldn't find it in me to care. 

That said, I did enjoy the ending. Dashner is really good at making me hate the same character for four books... although I don't think that was his intention. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Cannibalism, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Minor: Excrement, Kidnapping, and Medical content