Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin

26 reviews

ajboyd_'s review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Violence, Colonisation, Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Genocide, Hate crime, Racism, and Religious bigotry

prof_pelon's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Genocide, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Abandonment, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Sexual content, and Torture

emmahe's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Religious bigotry, Violence, Torture, Abandonment, Murder, Medical content, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Cursing

Moderate: Child abuse, Vomit, Sexual content, and Animal death

Minor: Child death

maxima5's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Toxic friendship

lizzyluck's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Hate crime, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Colonisation, Confinement, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

martharosen's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-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

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Sexism, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Violence, and Torture

Minor: Blood

jub's review against another edition

adventurous 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: Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Abandonment

thecourtofreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Moderate: Violence and Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing

gonnachangethislater's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I found the first half incredibly boring but the second half I really enjoyed. I never want to hear the phrase 'my husband' again and I forgot his name for half the book because that's all he was referred to as. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Drug abuse

Minor: Abandonment, Cursing, and Pregnancy

kazik's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Genocide, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, and Sexism

Minor: Child death, Self harm, and Torture