Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Paladin's Hope by T. Kingfisher

7 reviews

ariep's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

I could not stop reading this book. I love the characters, and the writing, and the plot! It was so tense, and incredibly engaging. I really loved the first two, and this one is no exception! I don’t know what else to say other than I loved it, and I will probably read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Violence, Confinement, Blood, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Self harm

directorpurry's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Kidnapping, Blood, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and Confinement

no_mourners_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark funny lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Police brutality, Sexual content, Animal death, Medical content, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Grief, and Alcohol

Minor: Child death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Cursing, War, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Drug use, Excrement, and Torture

wilybooklover's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

5.0

Funny, warm, and creepy in equal measures, just like the other books in this series. I really enjoyed the plot of this one. I’m not going to spoil it because I think it’s better to go into it not knowing anything, but it was such a page-turner. I am more intrigued by the gnoles than ever after finding out more about their culture. 

Galen made some pretty boneheaded decisions (seems to be a paladin thing) but it did lead to some great moments, so I can’t be too mad. His romance with Piper was very sweet and adorably awkward. 

I think Piper is my favourite main character so far in this series and Earstripe the gnole was just delightful. I can’t wait for Shane and Marguerite’s book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Confinement, Xenophobia, Racism, and Torture

Moderate: Medical content, Animal death, and Body horror

Minor: Child death and Police brutality

wickedgrumpy's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Hot emo paladin ✅
Cute lich doctor ✅
Unexplained murders ✅ 
Pining ✅ 

Since the smooth men were no longer an issue, this book felt like it was lacking some of the depth from the previous two installments.  I did thoroughly enjoy it, especially learning more about gnoles.  Also the allusion to the ancients possibly being from our current timeline (the fabric that melted instead of burning i.e. possibly polyester) was really subtle.  I'm not sure what that means for the overall history of the ancients and their fallen empire/death traps.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Confinement, Sexual content, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, and Religious bigotry

paisleypetty's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Animal cruelty, Blood, Confinement, Medical content, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

aardwyrm's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

5.0

These books are so fluffy, but the core of clever, weird, hard-edged Kingfisher keeps them from falling apart into cotton candy. Also? Lotta death traps and violence for something that winds up so sweet.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Confinement, and Mental illness