Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Broken Whispers (Special Edition Print) by Neva Altaj

6 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

4.5

Ugh so cute! Ok so I think I liked this better than the last book just a tad! Bianca is a mute Italian mafia princess being offered to the Russians as a wife to bring peace. Mikhail is the enforcer of the Russian mob and has been watching Bianca dance for months. Between Mikhail's no touching and scars and Biancas voice and shit family, the trauma was very prominent in the plot. What wasn't? Mikhails daughter Lena. She's present for plot purposes but she disappears in the last 50ish pages. She isn't even in the epilogue (that I remember). Just kinda weird plot hole stuff. The actual romance and main plot was great and interesting though! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Bullying, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual content, War, Car accident, Cursing, Pregnancy, and Stalking

lina5010's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

I consumed this book so fast
I immediately fell in love with the characters. Very little plot but I loved the characters so much it didn’t even matter 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Trafficking and Death of parent

herinterlude's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

5.0

I am so in love with Bianca and Mikhail. Bianca is the daughter of a capo and interesting development, she is mute. However don’t even think for a moment that being mute stops her from being badass because it doesn’t. Mikhail has touch contact issues and a scarred body and face, which makes him to be very popular being stared at and whatnot. I honestly loved this short book, they are so cute and I loved it. If the book could be longer, I would be even happier.

I want to know what happened to her older sister though. Her older sister has an issue with her and was the one who had basically led Bianca into the trap. I know her Dad ends up dying (very well deserved) but we don’t hear what happens to her and we see nothing of her brother, who has an issue with her husband. A bit of loose ends

but nevertheless an amazing book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture and Kidnapping

Minor: Rape

absolutely_court's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Blood, Death, Body horror, Gore, and Violence

Minor: Vomit, Body shaming, Rape, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Child death, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

teardropsonmypaperback's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture

Moderate: Car accident

laura_rheads_too_much's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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, Sexual content, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Death, Violence, Bullying, Fire/Fire injury, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Misogyny