Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind

9 reviews

zauet's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Death, Excrement, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, and Grief

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Torture, Sexual content, Genocide, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Rape, Pregnancy, Incest, Suicidal thoughts, Miscarriage, Suicide, Self harm, and Religious bigotry

meesh150's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, and Stalking

Wanted to like this book but I cannot get over the objectification of female minors, so I had a really hard time finishing this. The end was interesting, which was what lifted my rating.

amemir's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Stalking, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Classism, Gaslighting, Death, Child death, Bullying, Alcohol, and Addiction

Moderate: Abandonment, Xenophobia, and Ableism

mysbct's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual assault, Animal death, and Physical abuse

milohno's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

2.0

The first half of the book is incredible and the second half is absolutely awful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Abandonment, Death, Murder, Child abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

camiloalcantara's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

0.5

I read this book a while ago and I didn't liked it. I am just adding the reading for the sake of registering and telling to however triesntonread it that is a bad book. Full of misogyny

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Violence

Moderate: Death, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Incest and Kidnapping

emmaslibrary's review

dark slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

r0se's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Stalking, Body horror, Excrement, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, and Child abuse

Moderate: Ableism, Sexual content, Abortion, Incest, and Animal death

Minor: Abortion, Torture, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Death

gm_vak's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence