Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

À contre-sens by Mercedes Ron

15 reviews

gaby_readsss's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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

♾️🏎️💕
I needed to read this book after watching the movie to see which one I’d like better and I think I choose the movie.
However, I did enjoy checking out the differences and getting to read scenes that were cut out from the film.
This was so Wattpad coded and it makes total sense considering this was indeed a Wattpad story at the beginning, and It gave me all the After vibes with the bad boy/good girl relationship.
This book gave what it needed to give and I ate it up. I read it in-between other reads so it took me a month to finish… I guess since I had a notion of what it was about I had to take little breaks and read something new. 
I do kind of regret not reading this book in its original language because the English translation was a bit weird and it kind of took me out of the story.
Nevertheless, I already have the second book and I’m even more excited to read that one before the movie this time! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Bullying

the_book_leia's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Rape, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Incest, Kidnapping, Violence, Misogyny, and Panic attacks/disorders

adrix04's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Drug use, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Blood, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

sarahsbookss's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Stalking, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Sexual content, Rape, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Sexual assault

sebradley29's review against another edition

dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Violence, Vomit, Cursing, Drug abuse, Toxic friendship, Body horror, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Chronic illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Kidnapping

herfictionalbooks's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny 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

 Nothing in this book was cringe to me! I loved every chapter. Im not sure how the translation edits work but there are some grammatical errors. Other than that, I really love Nick and Noah. I thought the age gap would bother me more than them being step siblings, but I wasn’t bothered at all. For one, the only negative is that the parents met first. The story line itself is good. I wish I didnt watch the movie first, but BOTH are good standalones, just not to be compared. This series has a lot of potential. It straddles the line of heavy topics such as DV without totally submerging in the deep end. I will be looking out for the next book of the series Your Fault in December 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Domestic abuse

Nothing in this book was cringe to me! I loved every chapter. Im not sure how the translation edits work but there are some grammatical errors. Other than that, I really love Nick and Noah. I thought the age gap would bother me more than them being step siblings, but I wasn’t bothered at all. For one, the only negative is that the parents met first. The story line itself is good. I wish I didnt watch the movie first, but BOTH are good standalones, just not to be compared. This series has a lot of potential. It straddles the line of heavy topics such as DV without totally submerging in the deep end. I will be looking out for the next book of the series Your Fault in December

saukittome's review against another edition

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Violence, and Child abuse

Moderate: Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Stalking, Abandonment, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Infertility, and Medical content

sha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

this book and the Amazon prime movie adaptation of it are my guilty pleasures 🫶🏼

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Sexual assault

chloe110803's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, and Child abuse

Minor: Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Domestic abuse, and Blood

fairyswoo's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Starter, the whole stepsiblings romantic relationship is already weird itself, I tried to put it aside but I genuinely can’t, knowing they live under the same rooftop, and them mentioning it every seconds. Second, I expected so so much from the book because I LOVED the movie. Sadly it did not reach my expectations? I know books will have an even more detailed plot that movies won’t include, but most of what goes on in the book have never even been mentioned in the movie, like at all. So it was like two completely different things for me 😭 But I wouldn’t say the book is that horrible, there is some scenes where I do enjoyed reading it ! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Incest, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, and Stalking