Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwent

4 reviews

esme_may's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Alcohol

Minor: Drug use, Pedophilia, and Medical content

madelinequinnee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

I mostly enjoyed this book, but I think it could have gone further with what it was trying to do. It felt like it was building up to a big moment throughout the whole thing, but by the end there still wasn’t really anything? 

The writing was very beautiful, and I think this book definitely has a good idea to it, but I just would have liked to have seen more exploration of the characters and their actions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

zxphyrean's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

It starts off quite slow-paced but gathers speed as the book goes on. None of the characters are likeable, in fact they're detestable but the kind where you just have to keep reading to find out how it's going to end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Torture, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Toxic relationship, Abandonment, and Classism

daisywilkes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism