Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Ruby in the Smoke: A Sally Lockhart Mystery by Philip Pullman

3 reviews

jane_moriarty's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Content notes: drug use, violence (against children)

I read this when I was a kid and I really enjoyed it on reread. It's entertaining, at times funny but also quite dark, what with the opium use and homeless children and so on. (Also that part about the chicken haunted me as a kid...) I liked the characters and shipped the romance, although it didn't really develop. Victorian London really came to life in this book for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Murder

bruinrocks's review

adventurous dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

A very enjoyable a quick mystery, quite predictable and the ending felt a little rushed but overall the characters and the setting were great. Victorian London is booming and Sally Lockheart is on a quest to solve the mystery of the Ruby. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Drug use

albasapri's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Murder, Addiction, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Trafficking, and War

Minor: Alcohol and Alcoholism