Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

34 reviews

nikenacs's review

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

A true fairy tale. Completely captivated me, I was so wrapped up in it all. Absolutely one of my favorite things I've read in a long time, will be recommending it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body horror

chris_reads's review against another edition

lighthearted mysterious reflective relaxing slow-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Violence

rossandhissandwich's review

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

ehmannky's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Beautiful, heartbreaking, lovely. The romance and characters are wonderful, but also just the way the world of the forest is described just had me aching to go and find an old tree. It's just a lovely read full of ghosts and pagan horrors and coming to terms with your past. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, and Kidnapping

vixenreader's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective 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

The prose is rich, the love story is tender, and the atmosphere is palpable. It feels like you are travelling deeper and deeper into a dense, thriving wood. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence

Minor: Medical content, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Animal death

The novel does explore social isolation, especially within small towns, and what it is like to be a pariah to a community you once belonged to.

lady_moon's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Blood

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence and Grief

reebeee's review

dark hopeful reflective 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

4.5

A beautiful little novella, which manages to fit vivid characters, descriptions, and world-building into its short length. Somewhat darker than I expected, like an old, old fairytale—which is part of its mastery, I think. A wonderful way to spend a cozy evening. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Body horror

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Gun violence

ollie_again's review against another edition

mysterious medium-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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Murder

laurareads87's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted mysterious 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

Silver in the Wood feels, to me, like what I could lovingly call druid fiction -- a queer Green Man in a mysterious forest who has become local legend but is very much alive, dryads, fairies, and wise old spirited oaks.  Tesh manages a lot of atmosphere -- you can feel the forest -- in very few pages, and I was left wanting to go barefoot into the wood to find a tree to sit with.  Beautiful.  I will say that I was in some ways more captivated by the world than by the plot, though I really like Tobias Finch as a character.  While I did not love the ending, it also left me wanting more of this world so I immediately bought and started the sequel.  Recommended for lovers of forest lore.    

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Confinement

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and Death

szuum's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Death