Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Minor Mage by T. Kingfisher

7 reviews

megj23's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Blood and Murder

cmbohn's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

What a fun story! I loved Oliver and his armadillo. Would be a good story to read aloud. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death, Cannibalism, and Injury/Injury detail

mabellene's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Dementia

starlitpage's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Child abuse

Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Dementia

saltycoffee's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, and Physical abuse

surdiablo's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful lighthearted 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? Yes

3.0

Ah yes, the children's book with cannibalism that I have always wanted to read!

Well not really, the book is much more wholesome than that. It's a well written teen / children's story with the right amount of horror, humor and happiness. We got a minor mage who barely knows any spells but quite likeable, with a cute snarky armadillo as a sidekick. The story follows their adventure to bring back rain to their village and the scary encounters they face along the way. I don't necessarily think its unsuitable for children but I can see how some concepts would make people frown(view spoiler) but hey, there's definitely books scarier than this out there, like Coraline. The banter was pretty good and story itself was alright, albeit a bit slow in the beginning. I believe kids can read this without being traumatized for life :D 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Kidnapping, and Body horror

Minor: Child abuse and Bullying

rainstormdragon's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Body horror

Minor: Blood, Death, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, and Torture

Nonhuman creatures (ghuls) that eat people, references to a serial killer who targets little girls (with the implication that he does various worse things to them before killing them), fights in which people die, bandits who kill people and hold people for ransom, a magician who makes bone harps from murdered people