Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard

37 reviews

matheo's review

dark emotional mysterious tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Body horror, Stalking, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Cursing

poetkoala's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Like Broken Monsters with less magic and more

eco-terrorism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Stalking, Abandonment, and Kidnapping

Minor: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, and Mass/school shootings

maddie____'s review

challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Cursing, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Animal death

the_disreputable_dog's review against another edition

adventurous tense fast-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

I really liked this one. I haven't read Dorian Gray, so regarding that, I can't say whether it's a good reflection of that story or not, but I listened to the audiobook of this and I loved it. They get a narrator for each person's perspective, so you can't get confused about who's talking, which is really nice, and it also feels like each girl has her own personality and voice, which is also really good writing. I immediately cared about Mick, and I liked how on edge her character was throughout the story, and I was also just a little endeared by Veronica, because she felt somewhat like an almost ordinary girl. I really hope there's more to come, but given that I have now seen it's a retelling of a classic, I'm not getting my hopes up. Well, maybe I am anyways, just a little. This book was so good!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Alcohol, Confinement, Stalking, Child abuse, and Medical content

Moderate: Bullying, Body shaming, Car accident, and Death

Minor: Sexual content

gdavis254's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Abandonment, Stalking, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Car accident, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

ludmireads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Abandonment, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Violence

abby_shupe's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

50/50. I hated half of the parts and liked the other half but the entire time my head was spinning asking myself what the f*ck was going on. The book took so long to get started for being a fast paced book and the plot finally unfolds around the 52% mark. After that it’s a total whirlwind-and I decided I’m not a fan of thriller books. The book had me gasping and wanting more, especially when there was literally 30 pages left and a whole series of events went unexplained and left me with no details. I guess that’s the point of a thriller-an ending up for interpretation ? And please check TWs before reading this, so much went down! Also, I found the relationship between Mick and Veronica to be so extremely toxic I put the book down so often because of it. The only character I really liked was probably Claudia, the only person who overall acted rationally. Everyone in this book I would describe as morally grey, and not likable but i feel like this was purposeful, and the author wants the reader to acknowledge this. I would give this book 1.5/1 star if it wasn’t so exciting to read, but because it took me on a rollercoaster of emotions I think the 2.5 stars is deserved. I also gave it an extra .5 star because the author used the book title in the book, and I love when authors do that, it fit well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Cursing

Minor: Homophobia

danileah07's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Kidnapping

layla_reads's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Sexual content

brokenbodybitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Murder, Stalking, Kidnapping, Animal death, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Toxic friendship, and Violence