Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

91 reviews

lindsayvale's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

alsnapp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicide, Violence, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Vomit

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

evelynnnn33333's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pregnancy

mdal26's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Medical trauma, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Misogyny, Vomit, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Infidelity, Violence, and Medical content

anniepatt's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Medical trauma, Stalking, Animal death, Vomit, and Gaslighting

elyssajoh's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Death

zarakoconnor's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Was enjoyable, wish some things were explored more rather than quickly wrapped up at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Blood, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Rape, Sexual violence, and Miscarriage

klandry98's review

dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, and Child abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Cursing, and Bullying

Minor: Abortion

mandycantsleep's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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? No

4.0

This book has some great moments, and also some really bad ones. Starting with the bad: Meredith, one of the main characters and the second woman who goes missing, is SO annoying. This book is told from multiple perspectives, and every time it got to a Meredith chapter, I was dreading reading it. Meredith is a doula, and most of her chapters are EXTREMELY preachy. She talks over actual medical doctors, yelling at them for decisions, acting high and mighty. And while the doctors portrayed in this book are definitely in the wrong, it's hard to side with Meredith because of the way she acts about it. She is also really, really dumb. You know that one girl in the horror movies who always makes stupid decisions and has you yelling at the TV screen? Yep, that's Meredith. I wasn't even upset by what happened to her character because she was so unbearable. That being said, here is the good: the book started out really intense, and it completely drew me in. There are a couple of red herrings, making you feel pretty convinced about who did what, until the final chapters of the book. I'll admit, I did not see those twists coming. And I love a good plot twist. So while one of these characters was annoying as hell, the plot kept me reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol