Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

306 reviews

unassumingdork's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Easily one of my all time favorite books. I genuinely could not put this one down. I couldn’t stop thinking about this book, desperate to get back to it any moment I couldn’t read. I can’t believe I let this sit on my shelf for so long. As soon as I finished it I gave my paperback to a friend and bought myself a hardcover to keep on my shelf. I also bought the hardcover of Mary Kubica’s most recent release “Just The Nicest Couple” and I cannot wait to start reading it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Kidnapping

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Medical content and Sexual content

deshanejt's review against another edition

Too many characters.
Too much time-jumping without clarification.
Too much fluffy details that aren't pertinent to the story at all.

Started out strong, but too hard to follow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

sammymilfort'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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Toxic friendship, Ableism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Abortion

becks444's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Toxic relationship

kaylaboevers's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Car accident, Child abuse, Sexism, and Suicide

brennahbrown's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Child abuse, Violence, Infidelity, Car accident, Grief, Torture, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Murder

kristinistic's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Murder, and Child abuse

ahudd's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse

laceybananareads's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I love that I didn’t guess the ending for once!!  Even though pieces started coming together, I was still surprised. What a wild read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

rosiemb's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Child abuse