Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Small Favour by Jim Butcher

3 reviews

revonue's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

clevermird's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.25

After the shakeup with the White Court last year, things have been relatively normal for Harry Dresden - warden duties, training his apprentice, and getting into assorted supernatural scrapes. But when an unseasonable early snowstorm ends with him and the Carpenter family getting attacked by mysterious goat creatures and Mab calls in a favor, he finds himself back in the hot seat of danger again as he tries to figure out who abducted Gentleman Johnny Marcone before it's too late 

Unlike some of the other books in this series, Small Favor is short on big twists. Not that there's not things that I didn't expect, but there were very few moments when the rug was pulled out from under me. Not that I minded that, per se. Michael, his relationship to Harry, and his calling as a Knight of the Cross get a lot of focus here, which was really enjoyable, and a few other characters who've been off-screen for a while return. Again, Butcher drops tantalizing hints about future directions for the series that leave me guessing. 

I think my biggest complaint about this book is that it's somewhat less "resolved" than earlier books, with what feels like a lot more unresolved threads and a major character's fate left somewhat up in the air. This isn't a proper critique - after all, it's a long-running series with a throughplot - but it did leave me feeling a bit unsatisfied when I finished. 

Overall, a solid entry in the series, perhaps not the strongest but far from the weakest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Minor: Suicide

there is a scene that implies a child was sexually abused and while it is not clear if that specifically happened, it is explicit that whatever happened was a violating and horrifying experience for said child

sexualedward's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

When I first read the first Dresden book, I knew from the first chapter I was going to love the series. They’re were some drops here and there but in the last few books I’ve read, the series just seems to keep getting better. Characters change, their relationships shift, and new information about them is given. Two characters I initially disliked are now some of my favorites in the series. You don’t know if a character briefly mentioned in one book will become a series regular in the next. It’s incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual assault, War, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Cultural appropriation, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Addiction, Car accident, and Racism