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sammymilfort's review
- 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
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
klandry98's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, and Child abuse
Moderate: Infidelity, Cursing, and Bullying
Minor: Abortion
kcb22's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Murder, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Cursing, Grief, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Suicide
Minor: Cursing
krosebee's review
- 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? N/A
4.5
Juno, the woman experiencing homelessness, is living in a park across the street from Winnie and her small family. Juno is accidentally trapped in Winnie’s house and before she can escape, she overhears a conversation between Winnie and her husband that exposes Winnie’s deepest secret. Juno is terminally ill and has made it her final mission to expose Winnie’s sin before she succumbs to Lupus.
Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Cursing, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Car accident, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Murder, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Infertility
l4uren_11's review against another edition
1.5
Local woman missing:
two missing women who went missing from an affluent neighborhood 11 years ago. In the present, a teenage girl who has escaped from captivity has a startling connection to the missing women.
My thoughts:
While the intriguing blurb and premise initially drew me in, "Local Woman Missing" ultimately didn't resonate with me. The biggest hurdle was the writing style and multiple POVs. While I typically enjoy diverse perspectives, here, the four or so viewpoints led to confusion rather than depth. I believe sticking to two main characters would have strengthened the emotional connection and narrative clarity.
The plot developments frequently left me bewildered. While I typically enjoy unraveling mysteries alongside the characters, the predictability of the culprit ultimately left me feeling unsatisfied
It's important to acknowledge that listening to audiobooks can sometimes impact engagement, especially when the story isn't fully captivating. While I cannot definitively say whether reading the physical book would have enhanced my experience, I do believe a clearer narrative structure and streamlined plot would have significantly improved the overall impact.
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Car accident
opplecopter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Medical content, Death, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Suicide
Moderate: Infidelity and Bullying
Minor: Cursing, Body shaming, and Alcohol
maddie_can_read's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
- Good voice acting in the audiobook and multiple actors
- How tense and how face paced the book was
- The dialogue between the characters
- Book structure, jumping back and forth through time and all the different characters perspectives
- The two story-lines and how they interwined
- The author was really good at making the reader feel the fear the characters were
- Casual LGBTQ inclusion
What I didn't like
- The characters felt a bit underdeveloped. So some of the decisions they made didn't really seem to make sense
- The logic of the book unfortunately starts to fall apart a bit for me about 3/4 of the way through the book. Like characters do things that don't really make sense/ we don't know them well enough to justify the odd decisions they make
But you know what, I enjoyed most of the ride. This would have been an easy five stars for me if just a bit more attention was paid to logic/ character development so their decisions felt logical within the context of the story. I am someone who gets caught up in details of things and really gets annoyed by things not making sense in the context so what bothered me might not bother you, or maybe it will bother you even more haha.
Spoilers :
Why are these grown ass women drunk driving? Again seems like an extremely juvenile/ immature thing to do. These ladies are presented as middle class/ upper class people who are not dumb. So they have the money for a cab and the common sense to take one. Do cabs/ Ubers not exist in this universe? I really think they would've called their partners or an Uber/ cab.
76% - The hit and hide the body. Why was the runner even in the middle of the road? Why didn't they see her? Earlier we were told that the runner was wearing running clothes. This is where the lack of character development makes things seem illogical. I just feel like we haven't seen anything from Meredith up until this point to indicate that she is such a pushover that she could literally get peer-presured into covering up a murder? I know it says she's in shock, I know she's drunk. But she literally knows who they hit. It says they're near a neig borhood. Girl if leaving the victim is unfathomable, wtf is hiding the body. RUN TO THE HOUSES???? I also feel like we didn't get to know Bea well enough to understand why she would rather risk covering up a murder than just phoning the police and risking a drunk driving manslaughter charge??? I feel like we also didn't see enough of Bea and Meridith's friendship to understand why Meredith would go along with her plan.
91% - Makes absolutely ZERO sense why Meredith would TELL BEA THAT SHE'S GOING TO TURN HER IN AND CONFRONT HER ONE ON ONE!!! the earlier illogical stuff could be forgiven but this makes no sense. Meridith at this point, literally knows Bea is capable of, if not murder, at least hiding a body, and framing an innocent person. Once again, maybe if we knew the characters a bit better/ knew their friendship a bit better this could have made a bit more sense. Especially why would Meredith would confront Bea if her child was at home. Like girl LIE to Bea! Phone the cops silly.
95% - Ok this part also makes zero sense. I really thought Bea was going to make Meredith take the knife and stab herself. Forensically this makes absolutely no sense. Self inflicted wounds look different than attack wounds!!!! She presses her palms against the wounds?? Like what. Like angles and shit man. This makes absolutely no sense. And don't hotels have videocameras ? Like what. Also she bonked her on the head with a Hammer LOL, like a self-inflicted hammer blow to the head lol
99% - copy-cat killer part is kinda weird? I feel saying this was just to justify why Carly looked so similar to Delilah. But it says they wanted attention and got none .. so why would they just keep Carly in the basement forever if they wanted attention. Also the Bea and the Garage part. Like I feel like Bea could've just said no to the police search. This part felt a bit forced. Feel like a bit of a tweak would've made it more realistic. Like Kate checking it out after being weirded out as to why Bea wouldn't let the cops in.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Pregnancy, Suicide, Torture, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Grief
Minor: Homophobia, Excrement, Rape, Animal death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
that_person_logan's review against another edition
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
Was it good? No.
Was there unnecessary and detailed medical trauma sprinkled in that in no way contributed to the story? Yes.
Would I recommend this? No.
Graphic: Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Torture, Death of parent, Grief, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Infidelity, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Violence, and Vomit
killmoore_'s review
- 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? It's complicated
3.5
Fun read, but don't expect too much.
Graphic: Car accident, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Grief, Mental illness, Confinement, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, Cursing, Death of parent, Vomit, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders
Very in depth description of dofficult labor and complications from medical neglect.hchaus21's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Medical trauma, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Death of parent
Moderate: Gaslighting, Blood, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Car accident, Domestic abuse, and Infidelity
Minor: Cursing