Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Three Days in the Pink Tower by EV Knight

8 reviews

mandi_lea's review

challenging dark emotional medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Sexual violence, Death, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, and Violence

archaicrobin's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This was a hard book to get through and so is also a hard book to review. It’s such a powerful novella that I can’t imagine giving it anything less than 5 stars but this also isn’t necessarily something you enjoy reading. I will be thinking about this for days, the writing, the emotions, the look at what one person had to endure to survive, and how you make your story your own. Be aware of the triggers before reading this (kidnapping, torture, rape) but if you can, I would recommend Three Days in the Pink Tower, it’s a superb feminist 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Violence

raechel's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is a very tough to read novella. It's inspired and heavily influenced by the author's own experience of being kidnapped and assaulted by two men for several days.  This is her retelling and her taking back her power and her helping her younger self through occult and tarot.  There are explicit descriptions of sexual assault and rape in this, so please be aware of you choose to read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gun violence, Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder

bookiesncreme's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Gun violence, Infidelity, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pedophilia

Minor: Death of parent

hjerteknuser's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Child abuse

asfaloth12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, and Violence

cait's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Infidelity, Rape, Blood, Biphobia, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Excrement, Gore, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

serenity_'s review

5.0

From the very beginning of the book, E. V. Knight sets a tone of eeriness and dread. This book, set over the course of four days, depicts Josey's kidnapping and her time held hostage. During this time, Josey looks to her most recent tarot reading to understand and take control of her situation and her life.

Probably in part because this is a work of speculative auto-fiction, the horror elements were very visceral. While I did read it all in one day, I had to take some breaks while reading because of this.

This is an amazing novella that is able to skillfully depict things from teenage friend dynamics to what it means to be a survivor.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Death, Murder, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse