Reviews

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

feminist_bookshelf's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

rawrsammeh's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

kendallgardt's review against another edition

5.0

Oh my god. This book is insane. My heart is still pounding

origamy's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No

3.75

Overall I enjoyed this but some parts I was just speeding through so I could get through it and get back to Leo's pov lol. 

I did manage to predict some things

like how Delilah was being kept in bea's garage

but others like how

Bea and Meredith killed what's her face were a surprise to me

. There were some parts that I didn't see the point of

like everything about the obgyn, Charlotte and how apparently Leo was being bullied (I honestly thought that Charlotte was the one abusing him which was why he was so scared and would've preferred that to be the case tbh)

but they didn't detract from my enjoyment of the book as a whole. 

nmm08004's review against another edition

4.0

3.75
I did not see that ending coming. My brain went to a whole other place. I wish the ending wasn't as quick. I felt we had such a huge build up then just bam.

lindseyannd's review against another edition

3.0

The style of writing wasn’t my favorite. And the story did seem to drag on a while with some pointless back and forth (misdirection I’m assuming). The end was a funky twist. The scene with the OB though could have been left out. It’s important info for people to know, but Meredith not stepping in until way late, not educating Shelly in their meeting before, and just… yeah. I have some issues with that entire scene.

deshanejt's review

Too many characters.
Too much time-jumping without clarification.
Too much fluffy details that aren't pertinent to the story at all.

Started out strong, but too hard to follow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

nicollej's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

sammymilfort's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Toxic friendship, Ableism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Abortion

cheesy_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

5.0