Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger

12 reviews

jbosio'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
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Sexual violence

Minor: Murder

shania_siobhan's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Kidnapping

Moderate: Infidelity

strawberrymivvy's review against another edition

tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.0

I wanted to like this book more, it started quite strong but got a bit more confusing as time went on, particularly after a break in reading.

Story told from multiple narrators’ point of view, some of whom have aliases, so keeping them straight was frustrating at times.

For all that, a decent story and a few twists and turns along the way

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Content Warnings

Minor: Kidnapping

brynhayes's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Stalking, Abandonment, Alcohol, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

I thought the writing was pretty good in this book, and the plot definitely kept me thinking. I think the book played with some interesting ideas about generational trauma, the fake selves we show to social media, and the societal role of women to just absorb abuse and try to keep moving forward. I definitely think I'll pick up Ms. Unger again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death, Blood, Domestic abuse, Violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, Alcohol, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Misogyny, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Confinement

ashfantastic98's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual content, Abandonment, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Stalking, Kidnapping, and Toxic relationship

julienicole1106's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Alcohol, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

spooderman's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Murder, Stalking, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Child abuse, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape and Gun violence

martachbc's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-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

3.0

I was definitely stressed out by this one, but not necessarily in a good way. Infidelity (with the nanny!), blackmail, missing people - this had a lot going on! But my library checkout ran out in the middle, and I kind of didn’t care. I did ultimately finish It though. A good thriller should be unputdownable. This was…fine. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Infidelity, Trafficking, Stalking, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

_bellakoepp_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.5

It’s okay. The grammar really drove me crazy. It wasn’t incorrect but it was very stylistic and that made some sentences hard to read. There were some tropes, but also some good twists. The ending was satisfying. I’d say it’s worth the read if you like books where everything connects in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, Trafficking, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Alcohol and Rape