Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Hostage by Clare Mackintosh

36 reviews

giraffesandaudiobooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Death, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Xenophobia, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Torture, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

dkamada's review

challenging dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Hostage gave me chills and was impossible to put down. The writing is so good it doesn’t even feel like reading, it feels like living it

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Pregnancy, Infertility, Kidnapping, Addiction, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, Islamophobia, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Stalking, and Violence

surlamer7803's review

adventurous emotional informative tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault

gall_y's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

jpfortmiller's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

Minor: Islamophobia and Sexual assault

alisonannk's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Classism, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Grief, Islamophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

isbn_reading's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault

g_newton98's review

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault

arthur_pendrgn's review

challenging tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This is a book that could begin conversations about a multitude of topics social, political, and scholarly.  Its value lies more in those conversations than the book itself. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual assault and Racism

andilikepeaches's review

challenging dark tense 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

2.5

Okay, wow. I definitely couldn’t put this book down, so it succeeded on that front. I wanted to know how the story ended and was really compelled by Mina’s POV and the passenger stories. I did not care about Adam’s story after the first few chapters—it felt like he was just taking away from the main action of the plane and complaining that his small daughter doesn’t love him enough. At times it seemed that the author wanted to tell four different stories at once and was struggling to shoehorn things in there (Mina’s backstory + the hijacking + Adam’s plot line + Sophia’s family + the terrorist’s goals and identities) for the sake of being suspenseful. The end result was a little cluttered/confused.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Addiction, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Xenophobia