Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

109 reviews

xhoyenauthor's review

dark slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Grief, Confinement, Murder, and Violence

annieree's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, and Drug abuse

lizziemarie01's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Death, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

tracytcamp's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Mental illness

Moderate: Murder, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Stalking, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

aprilblues348's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Stalking, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Self harm, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Violence, Gun violence, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child death, and Death of parent

athenaleigh's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Murder

claireisagrisha's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Genuinely enjoyed this book!! 
I could not put it down when I started reading. 

The ending leaves so many questions unanswered :/ but overall super great book & I didn’t guess the killer. Now that’s a successful killer!!! 

I read it with the Bad Bitches book club and that was super fun!!! :-)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Drug abuse

Moderate: Murder and Kidnapping

Minor: Self harm and Suicide attempt

beckyremillard's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Murder, Death, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Blood, Gun violence, and Child death

kherndon927's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

At first, I thought this was a retelling of BTK. Then he was mentioned in the book.  After finishing it, I'm not sure how.to feel about the book. 

Chloe is a clearly traumatized adult with an addiction to Xanax. At 12 years old, she turned  in the evidence that would convict her father of kidnapping and murdering 6 teenage girls. When it seems a copy cat killer has emerged, she finds herself seeing guilt in the people all around her. 

It's hard to believe that Chloe made it through to get her Ph.D without one of her professors realizing she was PTSD. especially after her ex boyfriend gets a restraining order against her. How was counseling not mandated? 

The men surrounding Chloe are sus. Daniel with his mysterious missing sister and refusal to speak to his parents, Cooper just showing up at random times and never checking on Chloe, aaron the reporter just showing up in baton Rouge like it's nbd.and so many more. 

The reveal wasn't totally unforeseeable and lacked a real oh crap. It all felt flat and it was too much all at once. 3/5 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Murder, Addiction, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

jesshart8's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Blood, Death, Suicide attempt, Alcoholism, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, and Self harm