Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Good Lie by A.R. Torre

63 reviews

mghope's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Kidnapping

tspice24's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Kidnapping, and Torture

gtwaddell's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

By far the best book I’ve read !!! Had me guessing right until the reveal 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Child death, Rape, Confinement, Sexual assault, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, and Child abuse

madisbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective 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

5.0

Another absolute banger from Ms. A.R Torre!! I fell in love with her writing in "Every Last Secret", so I knew that I would love this book as well! "The Good Lie" is the perfect mix of rich people drama, character development, and true crime..and let me tell you I ATE this book up. As a woman who is currently in school to become a criminal psychologist, it was incredibly interesting and empowering to read about an FMC in the same profession that I wish to one day be in..even if her moral compass was a bit skewed. A few of the smaller plot twists were easily guessable now that I'm becoming a "seasoned" thriller reader (lol), but the huge plot twist at the end was a complete SHOCKER. 
Overall I absolutely love this book and cannot wait to dive back into the world of A.R Torre. <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, and Violence

miranda_is_reading's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A must read for true crime lovers, there’s references to real serial killers. It was a quick read for me since the chapters were short and almost always ended on a cliff hanger. I almost had the mystery solved, but couldn’t completely get the pieces to fit together to solve it before finishing the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, Death, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child death, Grief, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Abortion, Suicide, Self harm, Animal death, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Death of parent, and Infidelity

amieleigh8919's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Torture

mtnest's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual content

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, Violence, Child death, Death, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Torture, Alcohol, Child abuse, Confinement, and Pedophilia

Minor: Abortion

lori_j's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content

charlotteregan's review against another edition

3.0

I liked it and didn’t see those plot twists coming. It was really disturbing ngl. I thought this was gonna be a 4-star read but the first 50% was dragging and kind of messy for my liking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Death, Mental illness, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide

forzoeyy's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.5

its pretty forgettable honestly like it takes me a while to remember the ending of the book even though i only finished it a few days ago.. but otherwise it's a good book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Rape, and Death

Moderate: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Grief