Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez by Claire Jiménez

29 reviews

deelightfulreads's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

kt1432's review

funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A slice-of-life story about three Ramirez women coping with the loss of Ruthy who disappeared at 13, and hope drives them to track her down when they believe they’ve found her years later on a raunchy reality TV show. 

This was very light-hearted and humorous overall despite covering some tough topics. It was also heartbreaking at times. I listened to the author’s narration, and I think she did a good job conveying the dialogue and frequent family banter amongst the women. 

The story was as much the study of a shattered family trying to move past the void of losing Ruthy (whether to her choice of running away or something more sinister), as it was a mystery of finding out what happened to her. I found it engrossing and look forward to more from this author, although the ending might not provide enough closure for some readers.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

cafeconlactaid's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I felt at home reading this book. Jiménez’s writing is raw and authentic, setting up scenes that many Puerto Rican daughters and mothers experience as they’re simply trying to figure out life together. I couldn’t put the book down because I felt an intimate sisterhood with all three of the Ramirez sisters and wanted desperately to learn what happened to Ruthy. This novel is a beautiful portrayal of inter-generational womanhood and both the joy and heartbreak that comes with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Kidnapping

jillaay_h's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, and Classism

good_names_dont_exist's review against another edition

emotional sad 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

To everyone saying that there’s too much cursing. It takes place on Staten Island. The cursing capital of the USA.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, and Grief

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

Minor: Medical content, Death of parent, and Murder

mnasadoo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

frogggirl2's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

The writing style of this book is very young YA.  It's not well written.  It feels realistic, but it doesn't feel compelling.  There's a lot of important things in here that never get discussed or dealt with properly, such as prior child abuse.  The plot of this book was not well developed.  Everything really just felt like an excuse for the author to insert real life conversations she'd heard/had into a book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Kidnapping

haleyrenel's review

emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Murder

makiya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional slow-paced

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

3.25

I found this book hard to keep up with because of the different points of view and different timelines. I feel like at times it made it so I lost sight of the purpose of me reading the book, finding out what happened to Ruthy

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Kidnapping

tashtasher's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Deportation