Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi

24 reviews

sophiesmallhands's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Murder, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Confinement, Sexual content, Vomit, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and War

Minor: Bullying

chroniquesdekellen's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Rape

lucyka's review against another edition

dark mysterious

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Fantastic book. Well written, dark, lots of thought provoking ideas and surprising twists and turns. Well developed love interests. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Addiction and Police brutality

Minor: Child death and Kidnapping

ewinnk's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

bookstarbri's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

I wish I loved this :/ Idk, I think a big problem was that I didn't like one of the main characters, so it was a rocky start. I also didn't like that it took SO LONG for things to happen. I'm all for slow burn, and even prefer it in fantasy, but it felt like a lot of scenes could've been cut to move the plot along faster. Since it was a training kind of book, there was a ton of that, but then what they would be training for ended really quickly so the buildup didn't really feel worth it? For me, things didn't start getting really interesting until around page 400, and that was just too long to wait. There were some slight surprises before that point, but nothing that was super shocking. The ending is interesting and part of me is considering reading the sequel because the ending was so good, but I'm not sure. I will say that it did have a promising start for me and I LOVED Hassa, Anoor, Kwame, and Gorn. Though this wasn't for me, I can definitely see why it's beloved by so many. There's a lot of intricate thought put into this world and I did love reading that aspect of this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Self harm, and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

cg1256's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Hate crime, Racial slurs, and Slavery

Minor: Kidnapping and Death of parent

dreyy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Colonisation

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

bookcaptivated's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Ableism, Body shaming, Slavery, Alcohol, and Colonisation

Minor: Medical content and Stalking

_james_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark 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: Addiction, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Excrement, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, and Toxic friendship