Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

L'énigme du message perdu by Nancy Springer

9 reviews

aestass's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Violence

Moderate: Gore, Miscarriage, Excrement, and Grief

fyre_flies's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted mysterious 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: Kidnapping

Moderate: War

bloodmaarked's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

nancy springer please, we no longer care about eudora holmes (is that her name?) at this point

✧ full review on my tumblr ✧

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Abandonment, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

lucygraham_27's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

daneyyy's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: War, Sexism, and Misogyny

martamae77's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: War and Sexism

Minor: Racism and Colonisation

fyre_flies's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Medical content, Child death, Kidnapping, and War

bookbrig's review against another edition

emotional mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

I reread this series about once a year, and each time I love Enola more.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

caitlin_bookchats's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

The mystery here mostly... wasn't, which is to say it felt very easily solved and relied on some eavesdropping luck on Enola's part. Not all that different from other books in the series and I can't say I would have preferred a more drawn out mystery.

This book continues the series' fun theme of Enola outsmarting her brothers, particularly Sherlock, but it also continues the oddly classist themes, the use of racial epithets and adds in some casual ableism, just for fun. Continuing to disappoint.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs, Ableism, and Kidnapping

Minor: Child death and Medical content

Use of common slur of Roma/Travelers and common stereotypes (unchallenged), narrator judges bed-bound women negatively with stereotyping, famously bed-bound historical figure appears in the book to be "faking it" to avoid social niceties and get more done. Brief mention of Crimean war atrocities specifically in regards to fever and army hospital conditions.