Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Horseman: A Tale of Sleepy Hollow by Christina Henry

9 reviews

priscillarobock's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Blood, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Sexual harassment, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Death of parent, Animal death, Confinement, Death, Child abuse, Child death, and Violence

sonygaystation's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

The main character gas unbearable self loathing and toxic attitudes towards being alone and expressing emotion omg someone get this child some genuine attention stat. Idea was promising but it bored me and the characterization was all over the place, especially for gramps. Also the time skip section was truly so painfully uninteresting that when I fell asleep as my book ended and I didn’t hear the last 30 min - an hour of it I didn’t replay it before just returning it to the library and calling it a wash

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Violence, Murder, Death of parent, Transphobia, Death, Blood, Grief, Child death, Animal death, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Sexual violence

Minor: Dementia, Terminal illness, Bullying, Kidnapping, and Rape

aparker89's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-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

4.25

My first Christina Henry novel and wow! This book packed SO much into 301 pages and I read most of them in the course of a single evening! This is a super FAST paced book, without being juvenile or leaving loose ends! The story is fully encompassing and urges you to keep going. I personally did not love the last 30ish pages BUT it did wrap up one last tendril of the story. The climax of the story is extremely well written, well thought out and not rushed through. 
I will definitely be reading more of her works!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Stalking, Deadnaming, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Cannibalism, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Transphobia, Animal death, and Child death

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Colonisation, Kidnapping, Classism, Misogyny, and Torture

graceev's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, and Transphobia

kshertz's review

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.5

I started it yesterday and didn’t stop it until I finished it today! That speaks highly of this book. It was slightly creepy but I felt proud I could handle it. 

I love the re-telling and aspect of being who you are. I fell in love with all the characters and loved to hate the villains. You can’t ask for more than that. Definitely a top contender, excellent book. Read it!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cannibalism, Child death, Bullying, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Misogyny, Blood, Deadnaming, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Violence, Transphobia, Murder, Kidnapping, and Death

ladykatka's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The first 3/4 of the book are fantastic, the last part was just ok. I am not a fan of large time skips in order to wrap things up. Also suffers from too many bad guys, (I never thought I would complain about that) and because of that it gets a bit muddled and confused.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deadnaming, Murder, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Kidnapping, and Transphobia

kris_t97's review

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Interesting range of characters with a different take on the Sleepy Hollow/ Headless Horseman tale. A decent balance of human and supernatural horror as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Stalking, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Deadnaming and Animal death

citymouse's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Deadnaming, Transphobia, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Kidnapping

keenanmaree's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Deadnaming, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Sexism, and Transphobia

Moderate: Animal death, Dementia, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse