Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Writing Retreat by Julia Bartz

55 reviews

lindsayerin's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Violence, and Kidnapping

sarahbobearah's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, and Child abuse

alliluh's review

adventurous tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, and Confinement

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

tw roofies

sarahmae531's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Enjoyed the book overall. There were certain parts that seemed a little outlandish and unbelievable, but that was kind of expected going into it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Toxic friendship

ferdie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

The Writing Retreat was a a quick and dark read that explores feminism, human complexity, and motive. It captivated me pretty quickly and the narrarator did GREAT voice work here. It felt about 2 hours too long and there was a bit of disconnect brought by surface level relationships, but I would still recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual content, Death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, and Kidnapping

kyanitecourage's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Alcohol, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Vomit

Moderate: Cursing, Antisemitism, Biphobia, Outing, and Excrement

emmaline09's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Drug use, and Murder

vj_thompson's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very interesting book. I preferred the story within the story. Would recommend the audiobook. The narrator truly embodied the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Death, Blood, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Murder, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, Racism, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Cursing, Vomit, and Violence

Minor: Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Racism, Antisemitism, Excrement, and Child abuse

emsim's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.75

Still not sure what I read...Some wild sh*t happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Bullying, Drug use, Murder, Death, and Domestic abuse

akshade's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Confinement