233 reviews for:

Safe

S.K. Barnett

3.8 AVERAGE

dark mysterious reflective sad 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: Complicated
challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Thank you to Netgalley and Dutton Books for the ARC.

dark mysterious tense

MC was so uninterested in everything and gave the FBI agents some serious sass. But I’m not gonna take anything too seriously. It was an intriguing book that I enjoyed reading. It fulfilled its purpose.

4.5 stars

ashley_hardman's review

5.0
dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

njoseph12's review

3.0

Book with a twist

This book had a nice twist in it. Unfortunately I found this book kind of confusing. I would recommend this book to people who like mysteries. I gave this book a rating of 3 stars because there were details in the book that confused me.
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jessday's review

5.0

Now she's safely back home . . . or is she?

WOW! I loved this book. It was a great read but disturbing at the same time. There were some great twists! I don't have much to say about this one - but in a good way. This is not your typical kidnapping story.

Spoilers!
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Jenny, not Jenny was (obviously) predictable but it made a good twist for a different kind of story. I ended up having sympathy for her (as I do with the main characters). Especially because of how she solved the case. The truth needed to be told. She ultimately saved the rest of the family from that monster.

When you find out what actually happened... just wait! The other twist was crazy! I did suspect something like that but it ended up more sinister.

I was a bit curious how the aftermath would have been for the family though. I did feel a need to see how Laurie felt. I hope Ben would have healed after this.

The ending where she visited her mother after all of those years was a bit disappointing.


I definitely recommend Safe to mystery and thriller fans!

Trigger warnings: child abuse (physical, mental, and sexual).