Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

35 reviews

kld2128's review

emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Emotional abuse

leemonade's review

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Kidnapping, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol, Dementia, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

deamon's review

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Kidnapping

aargot1's review

slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Racism, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

sammisheps's review

emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Child abuse

Two children disappear and the story follows multiple women throughout two communities in the process of trying to find them

the children were kidnapped and held hostage for a lengthy period of time by an adult man, but are found alive. The story focuses not on the children but on the community response to their kidnapping

claire_s's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Trafficking, Sexism, Racism, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, and Pedophilia

shannonsnell's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

janeycanuck's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

2.5

This was not what I needed right now. This felt more like a book of connected short stories versus a novel, which is something I generally enjoy, but these all tended to end on sorrowful or wistful notes and I just need happier stories right now. The writing was captivating, though. I'll definitely pick up further work from Phillips, presuming we're no longer under stay at home orders in a pandemic.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Cancer

annaamaralanderson1997's review

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, and Violence

Minor: Addiction and Cancer

piakau's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

3.0

The book was fine but I'm tired of white American authors writing about cultures (particularly Indigenous cultures) they have no connection to. If I had realized that was the case for this I wouldn't have picked it up and I found it hard to ignore as I was reading the story.

The book reads like a collection of short stories. I enjoyed the format and style of writing initially but got a bit tired of trying to keep up with all the characters and reading story after story about miserable and powerless women. I know lots of people love the ending but I personally  think it would have been stronger without the last chapter which felt almost like an add-on to give readers a tidy (unrealistic) ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, and Sexism