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The Capture
The Capture (Guardians of Ga'Hoole, #1)
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Amara Tanith
Sep 15, 2011 rated it it was ok
Shelves: reviewed, 2012, genre-anthro-xeno
I really think this book suffered for its audience. For a middle-grade fantasy featuring an all-(nonhuman)-animal cast, this had an astounding amount of elements I didn't expect: kidnap, murder, (rather clumsy) Stockholm Syndrome, physical and psychological torture of children, and cannibalism, to name a few. Now, I'm not trying to say these don't belong in a children's novel; that's entirely subjective. What isn't subjective is that the genre does not allow the author to explore the horror of t ...more
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Feb 07, 2010 rated it liked it
Katie
Oct 18, 2010 rated it it was ok
Shelves: juvenile-fiction
Teresa
Apr 02, 2012 marked it as to-read
Megan
Apr 20, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: animals, to-be-re-read
Grace
Jul 07, 2012 marked it as to-read
Hilary
Jul 24, 2012 marked it as to-read
Pamela
Jul 24, 2012 rated it it was ok
Heather
Sep 24, 2012 marked it as to-read
Kay Kay
Feb 05, 2013 rated it it was ok
Jennifer Grissman
Nov 20, 2014 marked it as to-read
Kme_17
Apr 24, 2015 marked it as to-read
Carmen
Aug 26, 2020 rated it it was amazing
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Suzy Davies
Jun 29, 2022 marked it as to-read
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