Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Raven King by Nora Sakavic

32 reviews

bisquii's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Most of the characters are terrible people, but lovable in their own way. 

PLEASE READ TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE READING! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Hate crime, Grief, Gore, and Confinement

I just put all the content warnings in the ‘Graphic’ section because this series basically has all of them in your face at one point or another. WARNING! This book shows a graphic sexual assault scene! Book 1 mostly implies it happening in a character’s past but in this book there is an actual scene! Please be careful!!

fanboyriot's review against another edition

dark 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

Read For:

Good Humor

Chaotic Gays

Found Family

Fictional Sport

Hurt/Comfort… Mostly Hurt

Ugh, the relationships in this book really develop so much and it’s so good.  The plot really comes to life, problem after problem shows up and Neil is just stupidly there.

I used to not like this book as much as the other two, the angst was just too much but after so, so, so, many re-reads I love seeing how the characters develop, how the relationships build, platonic and romantic, Neil shares more, learns more about Andrew and it’s actually written really well.

Plus it’s super funny to re-read this and see just how much of a simp Andrew Minyard is for Neil so early on.  It’s something I don’t remember noticing through my first read but no I can’t unnoticed it.  Neil just being like, “I just asked.” the whole time.  Meanwhile, the foxes are just staring at him horrified Andrew didn’t kill him yet.

The end with Wymack picking Neil up at the airport after Christmas gets me every time, the emotional damage, the wholesomeness of David Wymack doing everything for his Foxes.  So good and so damn depressing all at once.  Pain and suffering but also iconic quotes and laughing at a short little blond man with knives simping for a pathological lair who is very much not “fine” at any point in his life.

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ (5/5)

Release Date: 10, July 2013

POV: Third Person

Spice: n/a

Rep: Demisexual (MC), Gay characters, Mental Illness

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Cursing, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Gore, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Emotional abuse, Acephobia/Arophobia, Alcohol, Self harm, and Pedophilia

spaghettii's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Misogyny, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Death, Bullying, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Religious bigotry, Physical abuse, Murder, Cursing, Death of parent, and Violence

elskabee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This really takes things up a notch. I lost count of how many times my jaw dropped at different twists and reveals. And the characters are all assholes, but I love them anyway (except Riko, he can jump in front of a moving train). This is probably the worst best series I've ever read. It is very flawed, but I love it anyway. I could never recommend it, but it's changed my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Blood, Alcohol, and Addiction

Minor: Child abuse

If you have read the content warnings then you know there is rape in here, it's handled pretty delicately compared to some of the other stuff and there are no detailed descriptions. Regarding torture:

it happen near the end of the book and you know it's coming. Most of it occurs off-page, but it's implied to be pretty brutal.

emilia777's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

All i know is pain and suffering 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Cursing, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Emotional abuse, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, Religious bigotry, Addiction, Murder, Self harm, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Drug use, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

kiwikitten's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug use, Violence, Sexual assault, Torture, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, and Blood

Moderate: Pedophilia, Addiction, Self harm, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, and Body horror

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

louisa_pennyfeather2021's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

Again, the only big difference with character appearances is how they canonical appearance is different from the fanon appearance. I liked this book because the main character was more confident and just a little bit arrogant.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Cursing, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Abandonment, Animal death, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Self harm, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

patraogiulia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted 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

Graphic: Alcoholism, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Drug use

nicska's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, and Religious bigotry

Minor: Abandonment, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexism, and Suicide attempt

solinel7's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

This was much better than the 1st one. There's only one thing I gotta complain and that is that the author describes everything and that is completely unnecessary. Specially because all these descriptions do not move the story forward. 
I love their development and how much we've gotten to know the characters. We finally learned more of their past history and Neil's real name. It made me cry twice. That end, had me bawling. 

Look up Trigger Warnings if you wanna read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit