Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea

10 reviews

armstmad's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Torture, Rape, Confinement, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

mrsduncan671's review

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Kidnapping, Rape, Medical content, Murder, and Sexual violence

leighakumpula's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Confinement, Death, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Police brutality, Torture, Trafficking, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Slavery

julienicole1106'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Bullying, Physical abuse, Child death, Car accident, Death, Grief, and Rape

amyharman70's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Charlie Donlea’s The Girl Who Was Taken was a thrilling read with a good amount of twists and turns throughout. I really liked the set-up for this story, but I feel like there were a lot of characters to keep track of. I liked the non-linear plot, and the complexities of the story based on the way time flowed. I liked the main characters role, but did find some of the connections to be a bit forced. I liked the character and thought that it was fairly well written overall. This is certainly an adult thriller, and I can definitely say I didn’t see the twist at the end coming. I had my suspicions, but there was some pretty obvious misdirection that made me hesitant to commit to one suspect over another. I do feel like the twist reveal fell a bit short, but I still think that if you’re a fan of thrillers, this one will be enjoyable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Confinement, Trafficking, Medical content, and Murder

mangofraiche's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Death, Physical abuse, Confinement, and Trafficking

Moderate: Bullying, Alcohol, Car accident, Mental illness, Blood, Violence, Body horror, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, and Drug use

katelynndzindzio's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Livia will always regret not answering her phone the night her sister Nicole called her. Will she ever get closure? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Drug use, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Pedophilia, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Torture, and Trafficking

ccard0223's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Don’t you hate it when you figure out the mystery and are waiting for the main characters to finally figure it out? Or when the twist is SO out of left field that you’re left with gaping plot holes and a sense of “what the hell?”

The Girl Who was Taken is none of those. A true, well written mystery until the last few chapters. Thoroughly enjoyable. Felt like a good Karin Slaughter. I’ll be reading more Donleas for sure  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail