Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

101 reviews

devemaya's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Self harm, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Suicide, Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, and Violence

pelvic exam

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Medical trauma

livster_mcgee's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Murder, Suicide, Blood, and Child abuse

ilovegilmoregirls's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Gaslighting, Blood, Car accident, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol

wackly93's review

dark emotional sad

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Grief, Animal death, Death of parent, Blood, Violence, Kidnapping, Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Torture, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Physical abuse

amandalawrance's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Could never guess what was coming. Each plot twist and reveal was more shocking than the one before. I was hooked. Every little detail is important and the smallest things come back into play later on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Grief, and Suicide

Moderate: Medical trauma

Minor: Death of parent, Vomit, Blood, and Infidelity

cass_lit's review against another edition

2.25

I wanted to DNF this when it used the R word twice in the first chapter, but I was borrowing it from a friend.  I decided to push through and make note of this in my review. While the rest of the plot was semi-enjoyable, I stand by the fact that the use of the word was unnecessary and shouldn’t have been in the book. There were plenty of other ways to make sure we knew the kidnapped child was being abused that didn’t include using ableist language. 

Overall, I didn’t hate this but it was a reminder of why I don’t read a lot of thrillers. I’m not a fan of constant flash backs, which most thrillers depend on. I HATED Leo’s POV — he’s a messed up kid with a whole lot of trauma who needed therapy and parental attention. His dad also needed therapy. There was a lot of talk about abuse and sexual harassment/assault that I personally thought wasn’t necessary. Everyone sucked, really. Finally, a warning *ABOUT THE ACTUAL CULPRIT FYI*:

out of all of the shitty people in this book the author could have pinned it on…. She picks one of the two lesbians? 🥴

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Ableism, Murder, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide

redefiningrachel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Car accident, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Body horror, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Infidelity, and Abortion

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Vomit, Alcoholism, Excrement, and Animal death

amanda_reads13's review

dark mysterious sad fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Blood

kjm_x's review

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Bullying, Car accident, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Confinement, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence