Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Het vlindermeisje by Rene Denfeld

8 reviews

magic_multicolored_miracle's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

A fine follow-up to continue the story of Naomi, the Child Finder. Tracing her oldest cold case, she gets tangled up in a new mystery and trying to help a young girl who lives on the streets. She also struggles with marital problems and self-discovery and it all ends up wrapped in a neat little bow like the wings of a butterfly. 
While the story is good, I found this sequel to lack some of the magic of the first book, and after a slow start and an excellent middle, I found the ending rushed and unsatisfying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, and Classism

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, and Colonisation

jtouchard23's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad 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

“You can be lost even when you’ve been found. You can make the wrong turn in life even if you’re surrounded by people who love you.”

A follow up novel to The Child Finder. I love the characters - Naomi is the child finder and I will always remember her work and her past. The side characters are great and fully developed and this has a lot of suspense/tension although I guessed where it was going early on, I didn’t care. Still enjoyed the story. It’s dark so check trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

zosiablue's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? No

3.5

I remembered nothing about the first book, but that's OK. You don't really need it. This was a thoughtful & careful detective novel about deep childhood trauma, kids living on the street, and long unsolved kidnappings. These thrillers don't always come with a feeling of respect for the subject matter, but this one did. I appreciated that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, and Confinement

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

veroer's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Abandonment

seasidefaye13's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

namielle's review against another edition

mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

Naomi Cottle, an investigator nicknamed The Child Finder, had returned to the Pacific Northwest to try and find her long lost sister. In her search, she meets and befriends Celia, a preteen living on the streets. But there is someone abducting and murdering young women living on the streets, and Celia may be in grave danger. 

This book was written beautifully, even though the things described were depressing and bleak. I’ve find that this and the previous book make you feel like you’ve been transported into a corrupted dream.

There were times that it felt like it was just awful thing after awful thing happening to characters, but to be fair, that sort of thing does happen to people in real life. I was kept guessing, and there is a twist about who is murdering the women that I didn’t see coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Rape and Kidnapping

lisadawson's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Kidnapping

vanessarizzo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Ableism