Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

The Chain by Adrian McKinty

62 reviews

martasbooktherapy's review against another edition

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

4.0

A fast-paced thriller that throws the reader straight into action from the first page. A wild tale about preying on people’s worst nightmares and hurting those they love most. Twisted and moody throughout,
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readinglibraesq's review

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challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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skulls_n_tea's review against another edition

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dark 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? Yes

4.25

Initially slightly confusing, once you get further in the characters have more depth. The twists are very good!
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hannaashaffer's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-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

i enjoyed the story more than i enjoyed the authors storytelling. definitely a page turner but i dont know…i had my qualms 
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jennagain13's review against another edition

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dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

Someone abducts your loved one and the only way to get them back safely is to abduct an other  strangers loved one. Would you do it? 

Rachel was given this scenario and she definitely rose to the occasions. This book keeps you at the edge of your seat and on an emotional rollercoaster. 
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peyviz's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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? No

3.5

I enjoyed this book overall. My only complaint is it went on a little too long after the main storyline was over, the ending could have been shorter. 
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bookishchaos's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? N/A
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

The premise was intriguing (not very realistic tho), and the first half was better than the second half. At 60% I was ready for the book to be over, it definitely was longer than it needed to be.
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tashydashcb's review against another edition

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

3.75

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chronicloser's review against another edition

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

2.75

the plot was interesting and some of the characters were fine (minus the cartoon-esque villains) but nothing Hooked me, really. I did like how they kept bringing up stranger things though. I bet kylie loves nancy wheeler
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honey_coated_chapters's review against another edition

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tense medium-paced

3.0

°:. *₊ ° . ° .•
𝑹𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈: 3//5
𝑵𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔: 346
𝑮𝒆𝒏𝒓𝒆: thriller/suspense 
𝑸𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔: 
•crime 
•kidnapping 
•”what would you do?”
🚨violence, child abduction, child abuse, animal abuse, suicidal ideology, addiction 🚨
𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆: law and order SVU or any other cop show with a female main character who’s slightly annoying but you can’t help but root for because why would you root for the killer? 
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Is the story believable? Absolutely not. If you like your thrillers believable, don’t pick this up. I had to suspend my belief the whole way through. Is it entertaining? Absolutely. The book is split into 2 parts. Part 1 being entertaining, fast paced and action-packed while part 2 slows down into more cerebral territory (diving into the background of the founders of the chain) while also explaining how those caught in the chain heal or… not. It also picks up in an intelligent way (computer cracking, code dealing, HTML MySpace shit x’s100)
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The author writes really well and I like his descriptions. He does go into some gun details, which didn’t bother me at all but if you dislike talks of weapons it might bother you. The premise was out of this world and I found it interesting, even the unbelievable parts were well thought out. I loved considering the possibilities of what I would do in a situation like this and honestly I’d probably burn the world down 🙃
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