Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson

10 reviews

deshanejt's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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: Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Murder, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Car accident, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Grief, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Stalking, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Eating disorder, and Lesbophobia

vdecar'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Kidnapping

abbysbooked's review against another edition

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia

knit_the_resistance's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

I think I might have liked this book better not as an audiobook. It was long, and very tense, and relentless. The adversary is such an over the top creepy psychopath that she felt unbelievable. 
Excellent descriptions of scuba diving. <Spoiler>there is an absolutely terrifying underwater rescue scene during which I chewed off a fingernail. If confined spaces underwater, diving accidents, or psychopaths make you nervous, maybe try another one of her books. <Spoiler>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

lunastringer's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, and Eating disorder

starsbyname's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Car accident, Kidnapping, Rape, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Cursing, Violence, Gun violence, Infidelity, and Pregnancy

meggs16's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing and Car accident

Moderate: Vomit and Alcohol

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Kidnapping

nickgalentine's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

2.5

I found Never Have I Ever at Goodwill, and the blurb on the back intrigued me, so off it went to join the rest of the books on my egregious TBR pile. I kept thinking about the synopsis, though, so when our family was packing for vacation, I slipped the book in my carry-on. It took me a few days to work through it, and while it was definitely twisty and turny, it was also all over the place. The author's use of misdirection was annoying.

And the fact that it was child rape in the end was just mind-blowing... but not in a good way. The way Jackson handled writing it felt very out of touch.

I don't recommend Never Have I Ever. It's already on the shelf at Goodwill again, awaiting another all-day sucker like me to get entranced by the blurb (which honestly may have been my favorite thing about the book).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder

Moderate: Rape and Kidnapping

bookworm247's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Gun violence

badmom's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Stalking, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Car accident, Bullying, and Adult/minor relationship