Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Moordgids voor Lieve Meisjes by Holly Jackson

784 reviews

remqii's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Animal death, Car accident, Drug use, Vomit, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Cursing, Rape, Suicide, and Body shaming

taylorp98's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Murder, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Racism, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Suicide, Child death, and Sexual assault

my_personal_escape's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Blood, Child death, Alcohol, Murder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Animal death, Bullying, Pedophilia, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Racism, Kidnapping, Car accident, Mental illness, Body shaming, Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Death of parent, Confinement, Self harm, and Drug use

madflatt's review against another edition

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Dementia, Death, Confinement, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Stalking, Gore, Kidnapping, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Murder, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Car accident

lialovesreading's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

This book was literally AMAZING. I was super surprised with the plot twists and every scene was insane. There were so many characters that I was so suspicious of and even if they weren't the main person, I loved how developed their stories were. I don't even know what to say because this book was just so amazing. You seriously have to read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug use, Alcohol, Cursing, Death, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Murder, Animal death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Car accident

Minor: Self harm, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Cancer, Dysphoria, and Fatphobia

estellec13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

I loved this book so much, it kept me on my toes the whole time, I juste wanted to know everything !! There's just one part that I did not like, but I read it super fast!!

why did she have to kill the dog???

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Bullying

Minor: Rape and Sexual assault

shoshi824's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Murder, and Cursing

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Grief, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Bullying, and Body shaming

singalana's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Dividing books based on the age of the protagonist has always felt a bit arbitrary to me: this book is young adult, but deals with some rather heavy topics, even more so that a lot of the thrillers directed at adults. 

This is Holly Jackson’s strong debut thriller. Five years ago a schoolgirl was murdered. Everyone knows who did it, and the case is closed. Pippa chooses the case as her final-year project and starts to dig deeper to what really happened. 

The characters in this book are mostly teenagers and the adults in their lives. The characters feel well-defined and authentic with their complex problems. The main character Pippa doesn't feel especially memorable, but on the other hand this gives more room for the story. I liked the family dynamics of the main characters, they were so wholesome. 

The book is told in mixed media format: there are notes, texts and diagrams as Pippa collects evidence in an attempt to solve the case. 

I found the book to be very entertaining, relatively fast-placed and at least I couldn't predict what had really happened that night five years ago. 

If you're looking for utmost realism in your books, be warned. As some reviewers have pointed out, Pippa does get into rather dangerous situations and there seem to be no repercussions for her actions. You'd think the police might have something to say about the way she acquires information.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Vomit, Body shaming, Racism, Stalking, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Confinement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Cancer, Car accident, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Murder, Grief, Bullying, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Infidelity, and Violence

m_kwhite's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Rape

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Kidnapping

lavenderprince01's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Omg! This book was so good!
When I wasn't reading it, I was thinking about it and discussing it with my friend who had read it
It was so tense and stressful in the best possible way

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Child death, Violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Vomit, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Blood, Car accident, Drug use, Racism, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Animal death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body shaming, Cursing, and Self harm