Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

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matcha_pages's review

4.5
adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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meganjoy16's review

3.0
dark mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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baileyridgway's review

4.5
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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wackzo's review

3.75
dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Fairly predictable twist, as I had a feeling I knew what was going on about a third of the way into the book. Still entertaining enough that I couldn’t put it down, and finished in about 24 hours.

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samantha_bt15's review

2.75
dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot

This book was an insane roller coaster. Like… Wow. 

Honestly though? I was right about a lot of it which is something I both love and hate. Since I was right, there wasn’t a whole lot of plot twists for me? But it was a good book nonetheless and a very good thriller. 

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cosxshea's review

1.0
dark sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No

The premise of this book was good enough for me to pick it up, but it was so predictable that I had to force myself to read it. 

Most of the "twists" are revealed in the first half of the book and the second half is just an in depth look into what happened. I read and read hoping something more would happen, but was sadly disappointed.

Jewell, in her acknowledgements says that this is either "brilliantly bizarre, or just bizarre." And I have to agree. I love thrillers, but this was just an awfully sad story about a girl who is kidnapped.

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lisasilv's review

5.0
dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Wow, Lisa Jewell NEVER disappoints the reader. This is one of those books where I stayed up way too late reading it and picked it up again first thing the next morning. The end I had things that I had not expected, which I always love. It’s one of those books that’s creepy and scary but not gruesome. a bad book hangover.

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