Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Granite Harbor: A Novel by Peter Nichols

5 reviews

mysterymom40's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Murder, Stalking, Torture, Blood, Gore, Violence, Suicide, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Drug use

Minor: Pedophilia

chessakat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed this audiobook!

This one is really hard to talk about without giving anything away!

Loved the small town setting in Maine; the novelist-turned-detective father who is the center point of the story; the absolutely creepy method of murder the killer employs; the slow unwinding of a backstory; the way the parents are portrayed, and how realistic the teenager-parent relationships felt.

Didn’t love that the narrator had a pretty muddled Manchester accent for our main detective and that he kept mispronouncing “coif” for the entire book (you might wonder how many times this could POSSIBLY be an issue; it’s 3.)

This was just a very evenly paced thriller with a bit of horror story that built to a great conclusion. The denouement was very satisfying as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Kidnapping, Child death, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

librarianjennifer's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Minor: Gore, Murder, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Gun violence, Suicide, Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Drug use, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Medical content

danapr's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Addiction, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Vomit, and Sexual content

Very graphic violence inflicted on teenagers and animals - horrible and disturbing.

hladelano's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I have not read a thriller in a long time, and I’m so glad this one brought me out of my slump! My family took a trip to Bar Harbor, Maine last year so I loved the setting of this book. I really felt like I was in an episode of a crime show like Criminal Minds or Mindhunter while reading and listening. I enjoyed that there are several POVs written, as it really gave depth to the characters. As a true crime podcast aficionado, I was proud of myself for guessing the killer early on, but the author did a great job of making me second guess myself several times. The audiobook narrator did an excellent job. I enjoyed this thriller and will definitely read another by this author! *Please check the trigger warnings before reading*

Thank you to Celadon Books for sending me an advanced copy of this book! And also thank you to Macmillan Audio and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of the audiobook narrated by Peter Ganim. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Suicide, Gore, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism