Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

105 reviews

lisasilv's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was hard to put down. Just when you thought you knew how things were going to turn out, they turned, and then they turned again. I appreciated the different voices, and they worked quite well for an audiobook.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Suicide attempt, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Infidelity

larajoye's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 Half way through the book I was suspecting everyone, that’s when you know it’s good. You have absolutely no clue how it’s going to end and you can’t put it down. I loved the different perspectives across different time lines. This book is incredibly well written and the plot is revealed in the perfect order and timing.

🚫🌶️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Car accident, Death, Miscarriage, Infidelity, Murder, Kidnapping, and Child abuse

Moderate: Vomit, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Violence

veronica214's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Two women and a child go missing only days apart in the same neighborhood. Were they murdered, abducted, or did they simply just leave?

Two of their neighbors, Bea and Kate, turn into amateur sleuths to help figure out what happened. 

There are a lot of characters, and the story is told from multiple perspectives that time-hop. It can be a little difficult to keep up with. There are several twists and almost everything was *just* plausible to be believable.  

I'd recommend Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger if you like this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Death

Moderate: Medical trauma, Misogyny, Medical content, and Violence

Minor: Domestic abuse, Vomit, Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Bullying

klandry98's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

krosebee's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? N/A

4.5

This book was an awesome read! It details how, unbeknownst to an upper-middle class woman, her home is being shared by another woman who is experiencing homelessness. 
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.

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Content Warnings

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

coco78337's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Violence, Bullying, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, and Suicide

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Car accident, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

opplecopter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

bek_p87's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was nuts, but I couldn't stop reading. Every twist and turn came as a shock, and the conclusion blew my mind. Dark and messy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Murder, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infidelity

midnightrose_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A truly twisty thriller from Mary Kubica!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Infidelity and Suicide

jraley_writes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Good pacing and interesting, sad twist. Didn't understand the purpose of Leo's point of view nor did the random fight with the neighbor Camilla make sense to create a drama to in turn instigate the dinner.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, Child abuse, and Infidelity