Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

38 reviews

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

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

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

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

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

klandry98's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Grief, Death of parent, Violence, Gaslighting, Confinement, Death, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Blood, Car accident, and Child abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Cursing, and Bullying

Minor: Abortion

mandycantsleep's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

This book has some great moments, and also some really bad ones. Starting with the bad: Meredith, one of the main characters and the second woman who goes missing, is SO annoying. This book is told from multiple perspectives, and every time it got to a Meredith chapter, I was dreading reading it. Meredith is a doula, and most of her chapters are EXTREMELY preachy. She talks over actual medical doctors, yelling at them for decisions, acting high and mighty. And while the doctors portrayed in this book are definitely in the wrong, it's hard to side with Meredith because of the way she acts about it. She is also really, really dumb. You know that one girl in the horror movies who always makes stupid decisions and has you yelling at the TV screen? Yep, that's Meredith. I wasn't even upset by what happened to her character because she was so unbearable. That being said, here is the good: the book started out really intense, and it completely drew me in. There are a couple of red herrings, making you feel pretty convinced about who did what, until the final chapters of the book. I'll admit, I did not see those twists coming. And I love a good plot twist. So while one of these characters was annoying as hell, the plot kept me reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Alcohol

krosebee's review

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.5

This book was an awesome read! It details how, unbeknownst to an upper-middle class woman, her home is being shared by another woman who is experiencing homelessness. 
Juno, the woman experiencing homelessness, is living in a park across the street from Winnie and her small family. Juno is accidentally trapped in Winnie’s house and before she can escape, she overhears a conversation between Winnie and her husband that exposes Winnie’s deepest secret. Juno is terminally ill and has made it her final mission to expose Winnie’s sin before she succumbs to Lupus.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Cursing, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Car accident, Violence, Alcoholism, Death, Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Murder, Alcohol, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Infertility

opplecopter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Medical content, Death, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity and Bullying

Minor: Cursing, Body shaming, and Alcohol

smith2ds's review

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Torture, Abandonment, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Violence, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Bullying, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical trauma