Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

104 reviews

anne_reader's review

mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Confinement, Death of parent, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Violence, Vomit, and Physical abuse

ejaworski's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Grief, Bullying, and Death

during birthing scene doctor uses forceps to get baby out, causes brain damage and swelling.

sammymilfort's review

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping, Vomit, Alcohol, Animal death, and Violence

Minor: Toxic friendship, Ableism, Self harm, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Abortion

brennahbrown's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Death, Child abuse, Violence, Infidelity, Car accident, Grief, Torture, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Murder

readwithames's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The switching between pov’s gave me whiplash and I’m not going to lie that it got better but I just got use to it. 

From beginning to end, everything starts to come together.. slowly revealing itself. I felt like some details are cliche in what you’d see in a mystery. However, the reasoning behind all the ‘local women missing’ THREW ME IN A LOOP! Ahhhhh. I was guessing the whole time who it could and what would happened next. 

Also, the ending?!! It was so bitter sweet 😭 idk how to feel. Just glad everyone got what they deserved! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Mental illness, Death, Death of parent, and Confinement

kelleywithanextrae's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Death, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Car accident, Grief, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, and Suicide

randiflower's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Suicide, Kidnapping, Torture, and Confinement

Moderate: Bullying and Medical trauma

Minor: Alcohol

nirellis's review

3.75

Conflicted feeling; the writing was atmospheric and the plot/ pace was well done, my only gripe was not caring much about the characters this was happening to, I predict this was due to there being quite a few characters stories told simultaneously so I could never quite get a grip on just one. But for the pacing and plot this worked very well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Murder, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Violence, Death, Suicide, and Injury/Injury detail

christyreads_n_rambles's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.5

This book is a bone chilling mystery of multiple missing people, and the deeper the dive the more connections that are mad. The characters are so easy to love and the plot line grips you keeping you engaged just to find out what happens.  I wish there was a bit more to the story the ending was a bit out there and the fact that a whole neighborhood saw/ heard nothing seems out there as well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

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