Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Capturing the Devil by Kerri Maniscalco

7 reviews

disnelyse's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual content

notpresent22's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I have thoroughly enjoyed reading the Stalking Jack the Ripper series and following the characters of Audrey Ross and Thomas. Firstly I should say it was these books that reignited my love of murder mystery, having a darker tone than the cozy murder mysteries I grew up with. I adore the characters and am very sad to have to say goodbye to them now. This book is a good read and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a good serial killer murder mystery.

I won't lie at the beginning I was confused and slightly annoyed at the backtracking of Nathaniel as Jack the Ripper, but as the story developed I found that it started to make so much more sense and felt planned out. My biggest critique of the series as a whole is I wish there were more consistent clues in this regard but honestly, this is a minor complaint.

I love this book and this series alot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Body horror, Vomit, Classism, Stalking, Torture, Death of parent, Gore, Confinement, Blood, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Violence, Child death, Physical abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual content, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Abortion

Minor: Forced institutionalization

niamhstorme's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, and Kidnapping

madkatrob's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Medical content, and Blood

Moderate: Kidnapping and Torture

fromjuliereads's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful 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

2.75

Definitely my least favourite of the series. While I'm happy for the ending, it almost felt unnecessary in some ways for this book to exist. I get why it did, but it just didn't work well for me. Also I wanted far more of the grandmother?! She was awesome. She should have shown up in the first books. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Body horror, Kidnapping, and Vomit

pagesbycaroline's review

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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Medical content

Moderate: Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Torture, Murder, Sexual content, and Violence

nerdylari's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, and Violence