Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Good Lie by A.R. Torre

61 reviews

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, Death, Murder, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Torture, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Suicide

hannahshardbacks's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Stalking, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Kidnapping, Self harm, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Child abuse

culinaryjules's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

I read this for Book Club. It was surprisingly good! I liked the premise of this suspenseful book. I wasn’t sure who the killer was, and I liked the unusual way the story wrapped up.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual assault, Torture, Kidnapping, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Murder, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

cristinaaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

bookishbarbellbestie's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Read half of the book physical and the other half via audiobook. I enjoyed it over well but had some qualms with the long line of characters introduced and felt the multiple plot twists bombshells at the end though shocking a couple aspects of it either didn’t make sense or I found could’ve been left out all together and still had the same effect. I did not see the reveal coming at all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Child death, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

evaadamiak's review

dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion

killmoore_'s review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

I watch way too many true crime stories for any of this to have surprised me, but it was enjoyable none the less.

A lot of unnecessary scene setting - clothes descriptions, random gestures, etc - and not enough character depth. Story lines fell flat, and as an avid reader of this genre, I pinned the killer by the middle of the book. The ending was a bit too well packaged for me as well - I could have dealt without the last few chapters entirely.

The story was fun, fast paced and thrilling - I listened to the audio book and loved it. I would recommend to folks new to the genre with a big ol trigger warning attached.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Mental illness, Abortion, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Stalking, Torture, Child death, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual violence, Blood, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Rape, and Sexual assault

bria_and_books's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Murder, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia

mghope's review

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

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