Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden

36 reviews

bootsmom3's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Racism, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Racial slurs, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Cultural appropriation, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Colonisation, Death, and Genocide

Minor: Rape, Sexual violence, Animal death, and Sexual assault

golderest's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation and Grief

Moderate: Death, Violence, Kidnapping, and Racism

Minor: Drug use, Torture, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, and Death of parent

lxshre's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Rape, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content

tennilles's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I listened to the audiobook. It was good. I enjoyed the descriptions of some of the history and ceremonies.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Violence

angherr2009's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Genocide, and Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Torture

Minor: Suicide and Kidnapping

librarianinacardigan's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

5.0

This was one of the books that got me back into reading after a long hiatus due to college/grad school, and boy am I glad I read this book. The characters are flawed and real while also being people you can root for, and the themes of family and the desire to protect your loved ones resonated with me deeply, since I come from a (different type of) broken family myself. I was hooked all the way through. 

The author also beautifully and hauntingly weaves throughout the book aspects of Lakota culture as well as the troubling realities of how the government (and many people in general) approach and treat indigenous people and tribal lands. This juxtaposition is remarkably powerful, and I will certainly snatch up whatever book the author writes next.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Sexual assault and Sexual violence

voxelbee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Child death, Addiction, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Hate crime, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racism, Terminal illness, and Torture

Minor: Racial slurs, Colonisation, Bullying, Car accident, and Genocide

ofbooksandechos's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Racism, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Racial slurs

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

caidyn's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

Wow, what a read. This is a snippet of modern life on reservations with the incoming of drugs. It tackled racism and not being enough, whether Native or White. I really appreciated the addition of nonfiction books that I'll definitely be picking up in the future as further reading!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Racism, and Racial slurs

Moderate: Domestic abuse

dominicangirl's review

hopeful mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Drug use, and Racism

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Bullying, Genocide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Racial slurs