Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Sky in the Deep by Adrienne Young

25 reviews

maddycat13's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, War, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief and Vomit

Minor: Animal death and Sexual assault

gabrielle_reads_a_lot's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Murder, Death, Violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, Kidnapping, and Gore

Minor: Sexual violence

cavefly's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, War, Body horror, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, and Slavery

katievallin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Violence, War, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault and Slavery

Minor: Sexual content, Animal death, and Pregnancy

kalmia31's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Grief, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and War

Moderate: Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child death, Animal death, Pregnancy, Vomit, and Death of parent

vivavia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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: Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Ableism, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Blood, War, Violence, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, and Physical abuse

the_books_music_life's review

adventurous challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Sky in the Deep follows Eelyn, a young viking warrior who has spent the last five years mourning the loss of her brother who was killed in battle. Five years after her brothers death, Eelyn notices something while she is fighting that turns her life upside down and makes her question everything she's ever believed. When she is captured by the enemy clan she is forced to make difficult choices, as she must come to terms with loss, betrayal, despair, and even love. 

I had really, really high hopes for this book. I love vikings and when I found out I had viking ancestry I drove deeper into my love for them. So when I received this book in an Owlcrate box I was so excited. But now, after I finished reading, I don't know how I feel about this book.

In my opinion the book is very slow and it takes a while for the plot to pick up. I don't much care for character driven books and I found out early on, that Sky in the Deep in a character driven book.

Don't get me wrong I liked Eelyn as a character and I felt for her and all she had to go through. In fact I felt her reactions could have been more severe.

I felt the romance wasn't developed liked it could/should have been and was just, thrown in there just for the sake of it.

The ending was very quick and rushed in my opinion. The epic fight we get at the end felt like a 15 minute scene in a movie and then it was over.

Overall I enjoyed some aspects of the book but I had more problems with it than I was hoping.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

kelburke's review

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective medium-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, War, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Body horror, Death of parent, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Slavery, and War

potatogrr's review against another edition

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Xenophobia, Slavery, Medical trauma, Grief, War, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Gore

roosveld's review against another edition

adventurous challenging sad medium-paced

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

3.5

Grammar sucks

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Slavery, War, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abandonment, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, and Child death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Pregnancy, and Misogyny