Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

You Shouldn't Have Come Here by Jeneva Rose

76 reviews

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Wow o wow! This was crazy. Grace is a New Yorker taking a vacation at Calvins Air Bnb in Wyoming. As Grace and Calvin grow closer and things don't add up, Grace and Calvin grow suspicious of the people around them. I absolutely do not want to give anything away but this book has one of my favorite tropes ever in it. A slay! I adore the dual pov and day count as the chapter marker. I think the characterization of the cast of characters and then the subtle destabilizing of said characterization  creates a very unsettling story that twists and turns in new ways. I thought I knew exactly what was happening but I did not. My only issue, other then the horrible pacing and semi cringy writing, is that a couple of things never made sense even with the plot twist. Especially everything with Joe and the animals.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

enc3336's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Like Jeneva Rose’s other books this one is also a roller coaster, in the best way! Just when you think you know what is going to happen you are pulled/spun/flipped in another direction. This the third book I have read by Jeneva and I can’t wait to read the rest of her catalog! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Car accident, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Sexual content, Violence, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

katieb1034's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

1.0

An absolute stink bomb!!! Literally nothing happens for the first 70% of the book, the writing is so poor, the "plot twists" are expected, and the people cast to read the audiobook rarely read with the correct tone or cadence (which isn't necessarily the author's fault but it pissed me off nonetheless). I shouldn't have finished this book, it was a waste of my time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, and Murder

azsm's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism and Alcohol

izzystorm's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

1.5

Nothing happens till like the last half an hour of the audiobook. It reads as a insta romance up in till this point rather than a thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction and Alcohol

Minor: Death, Physical abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

tiphreads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

A fun , fast  thriller that could had the potential to be A LOT better. Ending reveal was too quick and only make a tiny bit of sense when you look back over the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Kidnapping, and Murder

carmengonser's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Sexual content, and Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Confinement, Vomit, and Car accident

kiarakwalker's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

_j3ss1ca's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

readurbonbon's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious slow-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

4.0

Well…. That was something! For 90% of this book I hated it. The Calvin chapters were so hard to read with over the top metaphors and descriptions. It just felt like bad writing. And it was hard to get a feel for what the books was trying to be since it was written like a romance but was clearly not a romance. If it weren’t for book club I probably would’ve bailed 20% in. But I was holding out for a good ending. That all this drudgery was going to pay off. 
And boy did it! The last 20minutes of the book were wild! And thankfully the twist felt worth it, satisfying and fun. And full of feminine rage! Grateful the talented Teddy Hamilton/Andrew Eisner narrated. It helped keep me motivated and his chapters at the end really shined. 
So a 2 star and a 5 star average out to a 4 star for me. Half way thru I swore I wouldn’t read another of this authors books and now I think I have to give one more a try! 
I also feel that this story would have been phenomenal has a short story or a novella! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Gore, Kidnapping, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury