Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

This is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau

13 reviews

booksandbears's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Grief, Kidnapping, and Car accident

Minor: Dementia and Body shaming

zarakoconnor's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This is insane. Very disturbing mother daughter relationship, I just wish it was a bit more creepy earlier in the book, it kind of ramped up very quickly but very easy read, quick enough for one sitting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Kidnapping

thegayestghost's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Homophobia, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Infertility, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Miscarriage, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gore, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

vixenreader's review

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Note to self: listen to your gut instinct and never get into a car with your emotionally-abusive relatives. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Grief, and Torture

Moderate: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Violence, Lesbophobia, and Sexism

Minor: Car accident and Infertility

Be warned, there is a dead body, controlling parental behaviour, dysfunctional familial relationships, and broken limbs.

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

This was delightfully spooky and made me feel just as trapped and confined as anyone would be in a cabin during a snowstorm. I love horror that plays with family dynamics and this really delivered. I do feel like I have some questions that didn't quite get answered that are nagging at me, and I feel that they could've been answered if this were a full length novel or even if there was an extra 20 pages, so that's what keeps me from rating it higher. overall a good time though!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Medical trauma, Body shaming, Cursing, Pregnancy, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Alcohol, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, and Physical abuse

aas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Cursing, Dementia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Car accident, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Abandonment, Body shaming, Bullying, and Death of parent

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Body shaming, and Homophobia

kermit_the_wrong's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

4.0

A super quick, gory read. Nothing over the top and just the right amount of mystery and suspense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Body horror, Body shaming, Car accident, Death of parent, Dementia, Blood, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Gore

chloseencounter's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Death, Gaslighting, Torture, and Violence

dale1997's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Body shaming, Blood, Violence, Miscarriage, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Confinement, and Fatphobia