Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Twisted Love by Ana Huang

428 reviews

haileyanne's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Pros: funny, good writing, interesting plot, a bit of thriller mixed in
Cons: morally gray love interest af

who STAYS morally gray

; more than a few  violent actions by said love interest I thought were totally unnecessary to the plot and made me question if I wanted to continue. Sure, this is fiction, but I’m not going to LIKE IT!

genuinely why did he have to kill TWO PEOPLE?!

That all being said (lol), I already started the second book and the vibes are MUCH lighter. You could definitely skip the first book if you are concerned about the trigger warnings. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Sexual harassment

emissbooklife5's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful sad medium-paced

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

4.5

I like it but since English isn’t my native language it was hard to understand it also there were quite a lot of characters. And I didn’t get so many pictures in my head as I would like.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

jeanettesreadingcorner's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

miss_cr's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

Poorly written. Full of cliches. Generally frustrating. Honestly only finished the book for the spice. A cheap read. Several parts of the book are unrealistic, such as the FMC's friend group (

ONE OF THEM IS A PRINCESS FOR GOD'S SAKE

). The twist for the FMC was good and well executed, but the twist for the MMC was predictable. The fact that there were still 12 chapters after the climax was wayyyy too much. Also the ending is extremely unrealistic. The portrayal of FMC "getting over" her PTSD and phobia are EXTREMELY unrealistic. That is not something a bf can help you through. She needed PROFESSIONAL HELP. If he really cared about her, he would've set that up for her or helped her through it. Spoilers Ahead:

IF ANYONE WAS FOLLOWED BY AN EX BF FOR OVER A YEAR, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN POLICE, A RESTRAINING ORDER, THE WHOLE 9 YARDS. LIKE THIS GIRL NEEDS HELP. STALKING IS NOT OKAY. Just... so so frustrating. ALSO sooo mad at the princess for telling MMC (FMC's ex) that she was moving countries!!! Just let her continue her life in peace and meet someone else better!! She should've ended up with the Australian guy and worked for National Geographic and lived the life of her dreams. F the MMC. He's not worth it. ALSO ALSO the portrayal of her "getting over" her PTSD and aquaphobia infuriated me. It was like 2 paragraphs and poof, hardly afraid of water. Like no, that's not how this works AT ALL. Take it from someone who has childhood PTSD: this is not written correctly. Especially since her 'therapist' was also orchestrated by her dad, like her life should've been way worse, way more depressing, way darker. Yes, you can put on a mask and appear happy around people, the your outlook on life is not going to be good. Okay, I guess I've ranted enough.

  Honestly, not worth the read. ALSO ALSO ALSO, the girl in the audiobook freaking whispers the whole time. I don't want a girl whispering in my ear for 12 hours!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping

chelsea_jh's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

jessicanicoleyee's review against another edition

dark emotional funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Murder

Overall, this book was pretty good, not as good at Twisted Games, but this one got me out of my reading slump

noodle_95's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

ccherrycosmos's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Preparation for the AMOUNT of plot-twists in this book. As an beginner reader, this book was so appalling yet fluttering at the same time. Lots of violence which led to tears, but totally worth to read.

all1_b's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

seohyemi_01's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious relaxing sad 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? Yes

4.75

I really loved this book from start to finish! There are always questions that need answers which keeps you really hooked into this story. I love the change in character development as  Alex Volkov and Ava Chen are entangled with each other. The only thing that put me off this book was the wrong words being put in and some grammar mistakes are sprinkles in there, as well as, the same thing said twice in the same sentence. If this doesn’t bother you I would really recommend this book!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death of parent