Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Sun and the Star by Mark Oshiro, Rick Riordan

9 reviews

ronan900's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring 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: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Minor: Medical content, Outing, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Confinement

annahamburger's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Self harm, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

Minor: Homophobia, Stalking, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, and Panic attacks/disorders

eloise648's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-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

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Confinement, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Death of parent, Murder, and Torture

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Panic attacks/disorders

jayecard's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This is the book that was written specifically for me.
I can't even put into words how it feels to go from Nico being a favorite character, to him becoming more and more beloved and relatable for me, to him becoming a protagonist and going on a journey that struck me terribly deeply. Nico and Will's story is not about falling in love, it's about going from "in love" to loving each other fully and truly. And I've never, NEVER seen that written with such a powerful authenticity. Every emotional interaction, every little misstep, and every little progress, felt like a punch right in the gut. I'm mentally ill, I have a relationship, and this is EXACTLY what it's like. Nico being scared that letting Will help him will scare Will away or put too much strain on him. Will not knowing how to reach Nico and how to really help him when he's struggling. Them having to accept parts of each other that are so terribly hard to open up about. It's so real and raw and not at all what I would have expected when I first got into Percy Jackson all the way back.
And at the same time, it still IS a PJO book. It's quirky and there are silly incarnations of old legends and monsters, there's adventures and sudden troubles and a touch of mysterious force from gods that more and more are becoming a reflection of their concepts. I was having fun and processing emotional trauma at the same time. What more do you want. This is probably one of my all time favorites now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Confinement, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: War and Outing

A character's behaviour closely reflects (and could be considered allegorical) to an abusive parent. There are brief moments of evil spirits trying to tempt characters into suicide.

fronk10's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective fast-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

4.0

A wonderful addition to the PJO universe, focusing on two of my favourite characters. As expected, the plot was a great reimagining and mixing of classical myth, and I loved that it was so open and trauma and growth. The main message is that the only person who defines you is you, and that is lovely to see in a book aimed at young teens. It’s only a 4* because some of the writing in the early part of the book made me cringe, but a younger reader wouldn’t have the same issue.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, and Torture

building_a_bookdom's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Mental illness

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Outing, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Dementia, Eating disorder, Abandonment, Death of parent, Grief, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, and Gore

madeleine726's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective 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

I cried when I finally hold it in my hands. I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Outing

mattyb's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-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

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Grief, Blood, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping and Mental illness

alys055's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-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

5.0

A lovely story about change, grief, accepting your past, and embracing your demons. Plus, Cocoa Puffs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death

Moderate: Torture, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Minor: Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Homophobia, Eating disorder, Transphobia, and Outing