Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Girl Who Was Taken by Charlie Donlea

22 reviews

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

amyharman70's review

emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual assault, Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

smiley_kylie's review

medium-paced

4.5

Two girls have gone missing, but only one returns...and the girl who returned might remember more than she thinks.

This book is filled with twists and turns all the way up to the end! There are plenty of both blatant and subtle red herrings that kept me speculating on potential "AHA" moments. Though the story felt a little slow/long at times, I remained actively engaged in the narrative.

There is quite a bit of jumping around with the timeline and with various POVs, but I never found it difficult to follow. I really liked getting a medical examiner's perspective. It provides some unique and intriguing insight on how they play their part in solving crime. 

I really enjoyed this twisty psychological mystery thriller!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Physical abuse

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

katelynndzindzio's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Livia will always regret not answering her phone the night her sister Nicole called her. Will she ever get closure? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Drug use, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual assault

mgudaval's review

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

crbowman's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

What an ending?! I mean really! I felt like I was left hanging there wondering forever who the body was.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Addiction

cassiereadsbooks_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Grief, Pedophilia, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Car accident, Death, Drug abuse, Torture, and Trafficking