Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing

30 reviews

paigespages08's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

THAT ENDING CAME OUT OF NO WHERE, VERY GOOD BUT UNEXPECTED. its a really messed up book but in a good way. you should definitely read it if you love thrillers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

bootsmom3's review against another edition

dark slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, and Gun violence

paulas_0bsession's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, and Violence

aleesquer's review

adventurous 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? Yes

3.75

Man: I love my wife so much she's so cool and sexy and I would murder people to see her smile
Anyone: so you would be honest to her about like. Basic things then?
Man: no ❤

Pros:

• the characters actually have to deal with being parents, rather than just having kids be in the background
• the relationship between Unnamed Man and Millicent is unexpected and really interesting
• less gore than I expected (this could also be a con, I guess, it depends on the reader)

Cons:

• miscommunication is way too common for it not to be annoying
  Bro, you and your wife kill people together. Would it hurt you to be honest about your credit card payments??
• I didn't actually like the ending? Yes, M is a bad person, obviously, but she clearly wanted the whole "2.5 kids picket fence" thing. Why would she mess that up on purpose? I get her throwing Unnamed Man under the bus to save her skin, but poisoning her kid?
• Unnamed Man cheating seems stupid when 1- it is almost certain she would find out, which he knows, and 2- he's head over heels in love with his wife (which is actually one of the things I enjoyed most about the book)
• Not enough info on Holly, imo

All in all, an enjoyable read! The dynamic between the two main characters was really interesting, and I'm excited to see what Samantha Downing writes in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Dementia, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Alcohol

kiikaridino's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Torture

marthadude's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity and Blood

Minor: Death of parent

sarz's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Child abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Blood, Car accident, Gore, Gun violence, and Vomit

jem_andtonic's review

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gore, Torture, Stalking, Murder, Kidnapping, Infidelity, and Death

shrionih's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book is for fans of Dexter, I personally am not. This book was slow and the storyline felt disconnected from the main plot. The characters were somewhat flat. The end was surprising, but it needed to happen sooner and wrap up with more detail. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

sophieduncan's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Torture, Mental illness, and Forced institutionalization