Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab

31 reviews

sirenricobooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Self harm, Torture, Violence, War, Cursing, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child death

__rasberry__'s review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment and Kidnapping

chronicacademia's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Abandonment, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Cursing, Violence, and War

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Minor: Kidnapping

cskye's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

Moderate: Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Violence, Child death, Child abuse, Classism, Colonisation, Confinement, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cannibalism, Death, Misogyny, and Torture

Minor: Sexual assault and Self harm

theintrovertsbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Blood, Physical abuse, Confinement, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Death, Cursing, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault and Police brutality

Minor: Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Classism, Abandonment, and Alcohol

dododenise's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Schwab writes beautifully. Truly, her writing style sweeps me away every time.
Unfortunately, this story wasn’t for me. While it has a great construction and the pieces are put together masterfully, they didn’t sweep me away. I didn’t care about the plot. The characters didn’t catch me interest. Kell bored me and Lila annoyed me.
I simply didn’t enjoy myself all that much while reading, although I really hoped to love it. Alas, this book wasn’t able to make me care about its story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

Minor: Torture

alexijai98's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

This book wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t incredible. The biggest issue I had was that the characters came off as quite flat, even with interesting back stories. The plot was unique in concept but felt surface level, and almost as if Schwab was plodding through and waving a hand to resolve conflict. This book is worth a read, and I’m going to continue with the series, mostly because the premise is fascinating and I think there is potential for me to really like it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

lainiereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

I really enjoyed this! I was constantly being caught off guard with the plot twists, it felt like everything that happened was the worst case scenario. But it was still fun to read! I love Lila so much I want to read the rest of the series just for her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping and Death

Minor: Classism, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, and Self harm

sealbrecht's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

i'm not afraid of dying but i'm afraid of dying here

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Slavery, Violence, Murder, Blood, Gore, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Kidnapping

vaguely_pink's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Blood, Death, Classism, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Torture, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Alcohol, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, War, Abandonment, and Physical abuse