Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix

84 reviews

whatsgoingonrnhelp's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, and Pregnancy

cyberhavok's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Torture, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Rape, Kidnapping, and Classism

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Alcohol

lancemama's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

enyltiak's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

peskilanim's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Racism, Slavery, Suicide, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Drug use

sehenry20's review

dark emotional hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Eating disorder, Racism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Kidnapping

Minor: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Self harm, Mass/school shootings, and Alcohol

kimberlina82's review

dark funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kellygracejackson's review

dark emotional medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

bugspillow's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Eating disorder, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Kidnapping and Mass/school shootings

jerbarger's review against another edition

dark sad 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? Yes

3.75

At first, MY BEST FRIENDS EXORCISM really annoyed me because it felt like a man writing about teenage girls (which it is, obviously, but there often comes this sort of tone and misunderstanding of what it is to be a teenage girl—and sometimes even this underlying dislike). 

I also didn’t appreciate all the casual racism and references to sexual assault. I see what Hendrix was trying to do and set the picture of the South, but it wasn’t ever really indicted? Like it seemed he did not approve from the tone of the main character when she mentioned these things but it was totally glossed over and also THERE WERE ONLY WHITE PEOPLE, so tell me how this improves the conversation? It doesn’t. And it almost made me stop reading the book. 

With all of that being said, it is a rather interesting and unique coming-of-age story. Her best friend is possessed by a demon, but who’s the real monster? The adults who don’t believe children? Society? Classism? The way Abby goes from feeling like a child to having the understanding that we are all truly alone in this world is devastating. And that’s what MY BEST FRIEND’S EXORCISM did best. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Cursing, Drug use, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Cultural appropriation, and Alcohol