Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Girl Gone Viral by Alisha Rai

25 reviews

noyastan's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Torture, and War

antonique_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful lighthearted reflective 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Kidnapping

alyssancoon's review

emotional hopeful relaxing slow-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

3.0

Less about the romance and more about the mental/emotional, and familial obsticals both characters have to overcome/ process through in order to be in mental places to take on a romantic relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping

missbreathing's review against another edition

emotional funny slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: War

malenhar's review against another edition

emotional funny 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

3.0

I think this is almost TOO much story. That sounds a little insane but it's just so many storylines and history and background that I lost interest very fast and it became unrelatable. A former international model/billionaire/widow works through her trauma of a blackmailing father, child abuse, and a kidnapping to fall in love with her body guard. Like, come on, that is so absurd! Not to mention that the bodyguard comes with his own history/trauma. I get that it develops the characters but it becomes so overwhelming. 

Overall, there are some cute parts and in the end was happy to see everything work out. There is one more book in the series and I'll give it a read but this is definitely not my favorite take on a modern romance series. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse and Kidnapping

kylieqrada's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad 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

3.5

3.5 ⭐s. I really liked this! I loved Katrina in The Right Swipe, and I was excited to read her romance. I'm happy that I can add Alisha Rai to my small collection of body positive romance writers. Jas was such an adorable hero, and I loved his backstory and characterization. The whole secluded farmhouse with your bodyguard trope was 😍😍😍😍. Especially when Doodle arrived on the scene??? And Jas' family was precious. The peach jokes 😂😂😂. I also loved how realistic their sex scene was. 10/10 for first time in a long time realness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, War, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent and Kidnapping

megj23's review

funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Death of parent and Kidnapping

bookishjournal1's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Kidnapping

lauren_the_bookworm's review

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Graphic: Mental illness and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping and Eating disorder

cheye13's review

emotional funny lighthearted 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

4.0

This was a wonderful read and dipping back into an already-familiar world was fun and comforting. I appreciated how the leads played off each other – two people-pleasers negotiating how to please each other was interesting – and I appreciated the linear path of their romance. The characters were also quite distinct; I appreciated Katrina's consistent insight and honesty, and Jasvinder's growing self-awareness.

Ultimately I was looking for something a little deeper character-wise. There was a pattern of struggling to communicate topics, then achieving that communication about the topic, then simply solving or addressing the topic. Not to say that communication isn't often the biggest roadblock, but the solves to the actual conflicts seemed extremely simple after the buildup to discuss them. It wasn't bad by any means, just wanted to push just a smidge further.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Ableism, Body shaming, Death, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Violence

One character's panic disorder is combat-related PTSD, the other's panic disorder is related to being a public figure or being recognized. There is discussion of body image in terms vaguely resembling disordered eating recovery, and mentions of emotional abuse are often tied to food & eating habits.