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Unmissing by Minka Kent

11 reviews

sevenletters's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

assesgrass's review

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

5.0

Wow. 

This book was something else. From all the twists to the ending? I seen some of them for sure but a lot of them caught me by surprise. 

Definitely a favourite read of this year and would recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Pregnancy, Bullying, Body horror, Death, Torture, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

ashgatz's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Torture, Physical abuse, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

laurflanagan's review

dark tense

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

2.0

There were too many elements that were completely unbelievable to me to make this a good read. The characters were flat, the pacing weird, and psychologically a lot was off. 

It's not enough to say characters had traumatic upbringings thus they are psychotic murderers, rapists, etc.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Physical abuse

tamara_joy's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Torture

Minor: Animal cruelty and Death of parent

beckyremillard's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

Lydia has been missing for ten years. She was declared legally dead and her husband, Luca, is now married to Merritt. Now she’s back, but she doesn’t want to go to the police yet. 

The story is told from Lydia and Merritt’s perspectives. It gives a good idea of what each of them are feeling but, of course, there’s things we don’t find out until later. 

This book was interesting and held my attention. It seemed a bit repetitive in the beginning and then I thought it was going to come to an  end too quickly but it all worked out at an appropriate pace. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use and Animal cruelty

ergedogan's review

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Blood, Sexual harassment, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Pregnancy, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual assault

Moderate: Bullying, Body shaming, Addiction, Blood, and Drug abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

kathrynclaire's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

yetanotherbookstagram's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse and Rape

abookwormwithwine's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

Unmissing is officially my very first Minka Kent novel and I am already completely sold on her. I feel like there is so much to this plot that I could easily give away, so I am going to keep things as brief as possible. This book was unputdownable from the very first page and had quite a few twists and turns, none of which I saw coming. I saw a lot of people gushing over how good it was and I am definitely in the same camp as well as being really excited about the fact Kent has a decent-sized backlist. Her writing immediately drew me in, and I loved the viewpoint changes between Lydia and Merritt. The majority of the characters aren't very likable (including Lydia and Merritt), but this wasn't a problem for me, and it actually made things really interesting. There are a lot of choices made that wouldn't be mine, but then we wouldn't have had the book we did.

I would also recommend the audiobook which is narrated by Carly Robins and Jane Oppenheimer. I really enjoyed listening to both of them, and I was a fan of both of their voices. Robins has a slight lisp that I thought fit very well with Lydia's character and made her seem a bit younger. You are definitely going to have to suspend some disbelief if you want to read Unmissing, but it is quite a ride and I loved just letting Kent take me away on it. I listened to the whole book in just an afternoon and I'm sure it would be just as quick reading it. I thought Kent's writing was very seamless and natural, and she certainly knows how to hook and bait the reader! I loved every second of this one and will be looking forward to reading more of this author.

I received a complimentary digital copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own. 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse and Rape