Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

37 reviews

maddy_s's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Animal death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Child death, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Cursing, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

4ng3l4's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

The book had me hooked from the first page. Through it, I loved the characters, the atmosphere created and the plot, but when I got to the end of it, I felt very disappointed; it was too open and it didn't answer all my questions. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Murder

leetriestowrite's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

that book broke me in the best way possible. please look at the content warning i left before reading for your own safety there is a lot of

suicide in this book

but it is 100% a must read-! i loved it dearly and it is now one of my favorite books of all time-! <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide, and Chronic illness

keen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

Initially, I felt off about this book. It didn't feel like horror, it felt like a thriller. High-stakes and tense moments, but nothing scary past the graphic body horror. As a body horror fan, that was enough to keep me going, even if I wasn't sure I was reading a horror book.

It took me until halfway through to realize I went into this book with the wrong expectations. Not every horror story involves running away from a murderer or trying to escape the attention of a ghost. This is a story about being trapped in a bleak situation and trying to survive when everything is out to kill you. It's about the strength of love and friendship that powers you through every horror you face.

Once I realized that, the emotional horror of this book hit me. Every paragraph made me question if there was some ounce of hope in the end. I can say I was satisfied with what I received, even if in the end it felt like I had no idea where I was being led until I was punched in the gut.

Additionally, I enjoyed the characters. There were times when I was angry at them, wondering why the girls were behaving so irrationally and why the adults felt so unhelpful. I had to remind myself of what it would be like to be a 14 to 17 year old girl, trapped on an island with a virus twisting your body into a mockery of itself, with little to no hope of surviving. Alternatively, I had to imagine what it would be like to take care of these children and watch as they die off, one by one. There's no way I could react logically in either scenario. The characters did the best they could do in the situation they were forced into and trapped in.

I admire stories that make me read deeper into the thoughts of the characters. To me, a good horror story makes me compare how I would face each situation to how the characters do. In this case, every event made me want to throw up, run away, or cry.

So, yeah, this story gave me the emotional turmoil. I was joyfully horrified.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Animal death, Eating disorder, Genocide, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Bullying and Cursing

belleden's review against another edition

challenging dark tense 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

I’ll give a better review later because I’m still reeling from this book!
Best WLW romance I’ve read so far this year
I usually can’t stand gore/horror but it was so well-written in this book I didn’t mind
The mystery was so deeply intriguing and it makes the reader feel like putting the clues together is your job.
The switching perspectives were SO well done - this definitely has the potential to fuck up perfectly good books but Power uses it sparingly and it adds so much to the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Self harm, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Vomit

snowhitereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Violence

pawanithereader's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Animal death, Cursing, Mass/school shootings, and Kidnapping