Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Village of Eight Graves by Seishi Yokomizo

4 reviews

hanniquinn's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I enjoyed this a fair amount but it wasn’t very gripping in my opinion. I cared little about most of the characters and parts of dialogue felt repetitive (though it being translated into English could play a part in that) 
The mystery itself wasn’t that entertaining and finding out the culprit wasn’t as exciting as I’d hoped despite not guessing who it was. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Grief, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Child abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Mental illness, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Stalking, Rape, Grief, and Animal death

tahsintries's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Kidnapping

Minor: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, and Rape

stories_of_the_soul27's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This book is perfect to read in a cold and dark day because the atmosphere created in this book is truly tremendous. The backstory is horrific and also murders upon murders upon murders keep on happening so in short everything that a mystery lover wants. The climax however is predictable if you are a voracious mystery reader. Also we see so less of Kindaichi as a detective that it sometimes feels a drag. But nevertheless it amounts to a great read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Torture, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

linguaphile412's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Chronic illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Confinement, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Stalking, Kidnapping, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder