Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

And There He Kept Her by Joshua Moehling

7 reviews

pallison's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed the book because its dialogue effectively conveyed both humor and the darkness of the story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide

saralw6's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful sad tense fast-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

5.0

The way these characters are woven together and constantly growing is outstanding. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Suicide, and Vomit

alyssamayreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism and Homophobia

Minor: Cancer, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

snaggy95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Murder

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Terminal illness

Minor: Excrement

danaslitlist's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

 

“And There He Kept Her” is fast paced mystery in which a small town cop is thrown into a case involving a missing girl and her boyfriend. At first everyone assumes it's simply a runaway but as detective Packard investigates he begins to uncover a more sinister series of crimes and murders. This book includes a dual point of view; one is Packards and the other is the old man who has been keeping the missing girl captive in his basement. 

I really like Detective Packard. He's kind hearted but not perfect, good at his job and more than that, he wants to be better at it. I would love for this to become a series with him at the center of it. That way we could get to see him grow as a character. However my favorite moments tended to be from the point of view from Emmett, the bad guy. Those were the moments that I found the most disturbing and tense whereas Detective Packard's chapters were slow and almost acted as a way to relieve the reader from the tension. This was a quick read mystery with slight thriller elements. Overall I found this enjoyable for the most part even though it wasn't as scary or thrilling as I wish it had been (or thought that it was going to be). 

Thank you to Netgalley for allowing me to read an advanced digital copy in exchange for a honest review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Rape, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

gcreed13's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Outing

Minor: Ableism, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Suicide