Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

86 reviews

stevedr0626's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Some of the graphic content was hard to get through but it just exemplified the horror they were facing. I loved all the characters and I believed they were real people. What a great book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

annir's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Self harm, and Sexism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Cannibalism, Medical content, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Vomit

laurena's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Violence

hannahlberg's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

4.5

I am infatuated with this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Self harm, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Death of parent, Blood, and Animal death

blakethebookeater's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Death, Child death, Gore, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Dementia, Animal death, and Racism

Minor: Forced institutionalization

reubend1ca9's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Violence

amberinbookland's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Blood, Gore, Body horror, Vomit, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Child death, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Medical content

erandle's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Rape, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gore, Gaslighting, Death, and Blood

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

This book threw me for a loop. I'd say after the first third of the book I was leaning toward a 3 to a 3.5 rating. Then the gaslighting started, and then a rape came out of nowhere, and the book completely lost me. I felt so bad for the main character, Patricia, as her husband and friends were gaslighting the hell out of her to the point she ODed on pills. Then things just got worse from there. 

There are no healthy relationships in this story. Every husband cheats, and the women's lives revolve around making their husband's happy. A majority of this story took place in the 90s, but honestly it felt like the 40s or 50s with how they had to give up their careers just to get married. It was depressing how the women were treated. 

The best parts of this book were Miss Mary, and how brutal some of the scenes were. It was a pleasant surprise, as I like seeing vampires as bloody, vicious creatures, but it just couldn't save the rest of the book, at least for me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexism, Misogyny, Mental illness, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Child death, Body horror, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Vomit

emilyhopefisher's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Suicide attempt, Forced institutionalization, and Death

Minor: Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Addiction