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The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea

9 reviews

caitlinpfry'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

5.0

DEVOURED this book! Even though I guessed who the big bad was, they were one of two people I was torn about it being so I constantly changed my mind. Will definitely be recommending this to folks who love Karin Slaughter books. Definitely reading more from this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Torture, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Violence, Rape, and Death

emilyjean917201999's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Grief, Body horror, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Stalking, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual assault

Minor: Police brutality, Car accident, Cursing, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gun 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

princess_marie's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Wished for a different ending but enjoyed it nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking, Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Body horror, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual violence, Grief, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

ehamlett's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical content

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

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

mgudaval's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief and Medical content

Minor: Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Rape, and Murder