Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Maze Runner by James Dashner

15 reviews

nirellis's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I devoured this. So fast paced, always something happening, short chapters, a mysterious maze AND likeable characters I mean what else could you ask for. 

This book just flew by, I felt the same reading it as I did when I read The Hunger Games :’) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

c_dmckinney's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Medical content, Kidnapping, Animal death, Excrement, Body shaming, Death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Bullying, Child death, and Murder

meesha_mo's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

I ended this book and had so many questions. This was mostly a good thing because it makes me want to read the rest of the series. Some parts, I saw the obvious foreshadowing but that's what happens when you're an adult reading YA.

I hated losing Chuck but it seems like a necessary plot device to move into the next book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide

swimfast724's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, Grief, Forced institutionalization, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Slavery, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Body horror, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Self harm, and Pandemic/Epidemic

eviejo_07's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Murder and Kidnapping

bella_01's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Bruh. I received this book as a Christmas present like 5 years ago, and I finally got round to reading it, and I'm honestly surprised. Since the synopsis was quite vague, I wasn't 100% sure what to expect - the book went in an entirely different direction than anticipated. I feel like some parts of the story were disconnected from each other, and I wish the ending happened at a bit of a slower pace to match the rest of the book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Child death

Moderate: Gore and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide

sophiafrench's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Bullying, Violence, Vomit, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

_ren's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Grief, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Death, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Confinement

Moderate: Kidnapping, Torture, Emotional abuse, Bullying, and Blood

Minor: Sexual harassment, Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, and War

becca_w_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Medical content, Murder, Vomit, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Torture

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging reflective medium-paced

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

3.0

Really easy, basic writing and enough happening every few chapters you keep you interested. Super super needlessly long in some parts but not bad. I can see myself liking this a decade ago when it came out. It actually lines up with the movie well (I saw the movies multiple times before reading this). But tbh I thought the movie was better bc it kept things succinct and made it clearer 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, War, Violence, Death, Grief, Child death, Blood, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gore