Reviews with content warning for Kidnapping - You Shouldn't Have Come Here

Quite a successful thriller, heavy on the what-will-happen-next factor.

The pacing is steady, the tension is clear, sexual, and discomfiting. Rose offers just enough details to sustain your interest, and plants subtle seeds into the plot to keep you turning the page.

For some this will be pure fun and an engaging read, but others might find the slow progression and sudden double whammy twist dissatisfying.

Character motivation seems surface level, and the twist unearned. The seeds planted earlier in the story don’t establish strong enough roots to ever have that retrospective understanding of certain details that tie back later.

I acknowledge that may be a personal preference though, and overall found the story sexy and entertaining.

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shancalz's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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meaghanslibrary's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense 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? No

3.0

It’s hard for me to rate this book. I enjoyed the mystery for the most part, although it did linger a bit too long. I did guess most of the “plot twist.” I’m not an exceptional guesser but the hints throughout the book made it fairly obvious.

That said, upon reflection there are still major plot holes in the book. Like how do characters fall in love with each other in a few days?! So many other unexplained events. The ending didn’t tie up all the loose ends. As a result it was not particularly satisfying and felt a bit rushed.

It was a quick read and kept me entertained so it gets a 3 from me.

This is the third audiobook I’ve ever listened to all the way through and I liked the narrators regular voices. BUT when each narrator tried to imitate voices of other characters it was very offputting. I wish they stuck with their normal voices.

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riverrliam's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

This was a sloooooow book.

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baraya's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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bookishchaos's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense

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

4.0

Not sure why this has mixed reviews. I really liked it! Sure, some of it was predictable. But at the end of the book, there's a super shocking plot twist that comes outta nowhere. I liked this more than "One of Us Is Dead".

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