Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

6 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

murve's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Car accident, Blood, Body horror, Alcohol, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Excrement, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Self harm, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Suicide

kindredspirit7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

I was genuinely really shocked by the ending and did not see it coming at all. It was enjoyable but the writing style is not my favorite. It’s a bit overly descriptive with simple sentences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Car accident, Murder, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

There is a very graphic description of birth gone wrong as well as child abuse. But the child abuse depicted at the beginning does not last the entire book and the birth takes only one chapter

drraytay's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Suicide, Blood, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Stalking

mblanke's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Medical content, Infidelity, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, and Pregnancy

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Panic attacks/disorders, and Injury/Injury detail

literary__mary's review

challenging 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

3.25

This book had lots of elements of a standard thriller and did a great job of building suspense. I wanted to keep reading just to see what would happen. The story unfolds through multiple POVs, switching between present and past tense. I found that some of the POVs were pretty underdeveloped, as well as a few of the characters or relationships between characters. I also found some of the plot twists or major reveals a little disappointing. Although I didn't see some of them coming, some of them just literally didn't make sense based on the person's character or didn't fit logically in the plot, which really irked me. This is the main reason I can't give it a higher rating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child abuse and Car accident

Minor: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Animal death

The medical trauma/SA portion comes into play through a male gynecologist character who mistreats a lot of his patients. A lot of the scenes with him in them made me super uncomfy, and I'm not sure how necessary to the plot they are.