Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe

94 reviews

crystalmethany's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexism, Gun violence, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Medical content, and Confinement

Minor: Abortion

jazminnnnnnn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Rape, Vomit, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Sexual assault, and Violence

rowanrelph's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Chronic illness

debussy's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful tense fast-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

4.5

The Girls I've Been is immersive and burns rubber the entire ride, which makes it a quick read. I enjoyed nearly everything about it, especially how much deeper the plot became outside of the surface level bank robbery. That said, I found some of the flashback scenes a bit hard to buy given the age of the main character is always referenced but never quite feels true-to-age for these sections. Granted, Nora is forced to grow up fast, but I still had a hard time suspending my disbelief. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Domestic abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood and Sexual assault

Minor: Abortion and Pregnancy

jax_b_reading's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I love how this story unfold with giving you clues along the way. Please read the trigger warnings before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

emilynicholls's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

cateemma's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

5.0

4.75/5 stars

this was so freaking good. i was gripped for the ENTIRE book which i don’t think has ever happened. and the climax was still climactic somehow. at one point, there’s a fire and the narrator is describing the smoke and i swear i could see smoke in the room i was in and smell it agh it was so well done. 
i knew going into this that it dealt with abuse but i didn’t realise how much… so here are some trigger and content warnings:
- psychological & emotional abuse by a parent
- r*pe (not graphic)
- child m*lestation (mentioned a few times)
- gr*oming (mentioned)
- domestic violence and abuse
- family violence
- child abuse
- s*xual assault
- guns
- bullying
- fbi/police
- abortion (mentioned)
i might have missed some but yeah, there was a lot of heavy stuff but nothing very graphic and it wasn’t the whole focus of the story.
i thought the depiction of being a survivor was very accurate, especially the thoughts the mc had and the way she talked about it with her therapist. also the therapist was GREAT which i loved. and healing was a big part of it, like after the trauma she experienced she didn’t just get better straight after. 
if anyone happens to read this review and wants more detailed content warnings please message me!! 
but i loved this book so so much, it was almost impeccable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Gun violence, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Pedophilia, and Death

Minor: Abortion

caitcosentino's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

The first 75% of the book was 5-star material. Thre end portion wasn't bad by any means, but it was a bit drawn out. 

Really interesting concept overall

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion

ravenreyess's review

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Biphobia, Body horror, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Murder, Pedophilia, Vomit, and Abortion

cherryflowers's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Abortion, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Sexual assault and Rape