Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

336 reviews

lloyd8812's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Child abuse

chrisomeara's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• 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? Yes

3.5

Local Woman Missing is a bit of a cluttered mess. With patience comes a gripping finale that’s hindered only by the drawn out plot building that precedes it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Kidnapping

Moderate: Suicide and Car accident

zarakoconnor's review against another edition

emotional sad tense 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? Yes

4.0

Was enjoyable, wish some things were explored more rather than quickly wrapped up at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Infidelity, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Blood, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Alcohol

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Suicide, Rape, Sexual violence, and Miscarriage

geraldine's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No

2.0

the author really was like

ah yes our villain is the lesbian who wears doc martens, and whose wife wouldn't agree to let her carry a baby with a friend as the donor so she instead kidnapped a friend's baby

HELLO??? PLEASE??? also that

her wife is all "ah yes I fell in love with my historic house because it has """servant stairs""""

PLEASE?????????? 

i saw multiple people in my book club rate this 5 stars and depending on their reasoning I may finally quit for real. secret note for thestorygraph only because I have half of these women on goodreads. return soon to see if I finally do myself a kindness and quit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Car accident, and Sexual assault

Minor: Homophobia

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

alisha247's review

mysterious slow-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? Yes

2.0

the writing and pacing of this novel was terrible. every sentence was incredibly over-saturated with mundane details, with the author unnecessarily spelling absolutely everything out to the reader. the last 10% of this novel is where the plot twists come in and where things pick up pace…yet the plot twists are actually just plot holes. they didn’t make logical sense. overall an unsatisfactory story/reveal coupled with mediocre writing.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, and Medical trauma

madsgirl007's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Murder, and Violence

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

kar5300's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, 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