Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

117 reviews

hkburke2's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

Captivating listen even while I've been stressed - good to take your mind off thins but definitely a dark thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Car accident, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Grief, Medical trauma, and Stalking

Minor: Ableism and Miscarriage

maddiet425's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, and Grief

chelsearose's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Grief, and Medical trauma

Minor: Miscarriage

mapscitiesandsongs's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.5

I really enjoyed this thriller. The first chapter was just phenomenal and it kept getting better and better. In the end things started to not make sense.

How did the physician that made the autopsy miss such obvious signs? A normal person could have seen that the death of a certain person didn't happen that way. And don't get me started on the issue with the police officer. You mean to tell me that there is only one person entrusted with an extremely important document for a high profile case? I call BS.

So in that regard the book gets 2 stars for me. The fact that I still rated that book 3.5 stars is only because of my entertainment. I was hooked from the first chapter and couldn't put the book down. All throughout my reading journey I kept wondering who did it and what exactly happened. I certainly didn't see it coming, which is mainly because the ending is just too far fetched. So, if you want a thriller with a coherent plot that actually makes sense and doesn't spiral out of control, this is not for you.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Cancer, Cursing, Misogyny, and Alcohol

lexa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.25

Oof that was a heavy one. The kind you need to follow up with a light fluffy read as a palette cleanser. But it was good. Didn’t see the twists coming (although I rarely do, so maybe I’m just a bad detective). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Bullying, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, and Vomit

navayiota's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

First thing I will say, fantastic foreshadowing. How terrifying, slowly figuring out who did it, small clues clicking into place as you read on, what amazing delivery. The characters were well written and realistic, everything was so vivid. It wasn't as scary as I expected coming into it but I still really enjoyed it. I really recommend this, but be wary of the triggers!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use and Lesbophobia

decembermagpie's review

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Bullying

the_savannahhumphrey's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Abortion

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Blood, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

serendiptii's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.5

I saw this book was highly rated and thought I would love it too. But I was slightly disappointed by it. Don't get me wrong, it flows nicely. Somewhere in the middle, it feels the author themselves did not know where it was going. 

It felt like a lot of fluff in the middle about what it is to be a doula (one of the main characters is a doula), some gynec stuff that I found to be a bit disturbing and really didn't contribute anything to the story.

The beginning is promising, it intrigues you, pulls you in and somewhere in the middle it just lets you... hang around. You don't know why you are there but you are waiting for something to happen but it isn't happening. I was mostly skimming paragraphs about information that did not contribute anything to advance the plot.

A lot of things were great about this book, but definitely not the way the author wrapped things up. SPOILER

For instance, I did not like that Gus was just an imaginary character, he could've been the child that was supposedly miscarried. Otherwise, what was the point of dropping the info about "Marty got me pregnant but I got a miscarriage" then? 
I also did not like how the other Delilah did not get much attention later on. She just moves? That's it? I feel like that did not get closure

OH and the writing annoyed me a lot of times. It was like the author thought it was necessary to be condescending to the readers so lets go ahead and break a moderately complex sentence into 6! Wasn't a fan.

This book could've been so much better, my fever induced dreams created better endings for this book than when I finally read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Child abuse and Miscarriage