Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

112 reviews

klubbgodis's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Self harm, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage, Car accident, and Pregnancy

alrauna's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad fast-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? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cursing, Infidelity, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

romam93's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

amandalorianxo's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.75

I might need to light a candle to help me sleep after finishing this thriller ! My first novel from the author herself. Spoiler - It’s not the husband 😉🤪 It’s not spooky persay but chilling & nerve wracking. The title is kind of a little misleading because as the audience quickly finds out - it’s not actually just one woman we are looking for but two women and a little girl. I’ll admit the different POV’s were a little confusing at first but it became apparent what was going on the further you read. I again guessed completely  wrong as to who was behind the missing ladies but this definitely worth the read! Link a did a great job at keeping me on my toes. I believe I ended up giving it 3.5/3.75 ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨💫 Some plot lines could have been tightened just a little bit

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

thereadingshelf's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder

nodogsonthemoon's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Miscarriage, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

jenniferpalmblad's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Blood, and Medical trauma

balvarez'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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

stephbakerbooks's review against another edition

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? No

4.0

This was a great thriller that I couldn't put down! It kept me on my toes guessing, and even when it becomes clear what happened, I was entranced by everything going on and had to keep reading.

The plot and mostly short chapters will keep you reading this one, as there's not a ton of development with the characters. We have three main perspectives—Meredith, in the few months leading up to her disappearance; Kate, neighbor to Meredith's family, in the days after Meredith's disappearance; and Leo, Meredith's son and Delilah's brother, in the "eleven years later" part, after Delilah has been found. I found all three perspectives compelling, and thought it was an interesting way to tell the story, not only jumping POV but also jumping time. Meredith's character could be frustrating at times (why does it often seem like thrillers only work if there's a lack of communication from the victim before she dies??). There were definitely some things that just seemed odd for her not to tell her husband.

Also, how she kept ignoring what was happening to little Leo—so frustrating!! I also definitely suspected Kate and Bea together at one point—I knew there had to be a deeper reason for why Kate's POV was included and turns out I was half right! haha

I was intrigued the most by Leo's POV, showing the aftereffects of the past eleven years and how he tries to relate to his newly found sister.

I do think the ending was rushed—the last chapter especially I wanted more from. But I still enjoyed this one overall. If you're looking for a good, fast mystery, it will do the trick.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Grief

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Car accident, Murder, and Alcohol

thrillofthepage'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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Suicide attempt