Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

159 reviews

mdal26's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Alcohol, Blood, Medical trauma, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Misogyny, Vomit, Death, Murder, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Infidelity, Violence, and Medical content

anniepatt's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Medical trauma, Stalking, Animal death, Vomit, and Gaslighting

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

cspleenster's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Sexual assault and Domestic abuse

elyssajoh's review

mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Death

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

leighlo_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Very engaging mystery that keeps you on your toes. I promise you won’t see the plot twists coming. I was shooketh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Confinement, and Child abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Murder, and Toxic friendship

lyslys26's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-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

3.75

This one really kept me guessing right up until the end. It’s moody and atmospheric. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Medical trauma

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

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