Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Never Saw Me Coming, by Vera Kurian

5 reviews

amanda_reads13's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Chloe is one of 7 students at her college in a clinical study - they are all psychopaths. When a student in the study is found murdered, the hunt is on to find the killer.

This was a very interesting concept. It was fascinating to get into the mind of the psychopathic characters and see the story from their perspectives.  Due to the nature of the characters, all of them were pretty unreliable which, I think, made the story more interesting because you never knew who to trust. 

None of these characters are very likable, but they are very intriguing. It fascinating to read about how the interact with each other and try to manipulate one another.  

I wish that we hadn't jumped between so many characters and between 1st and 3rd POV. It got to be a bit too much and made it difficult to connect with anyone. I didn't care what happened to any of the characters and I think that was a huge missed opportunity. We all love a morally grey character, but in this case, I didn't really connect to any of them.

I wish that we had a bit more storyline involving the twins. I felt like their story, though so important to the plot, was thrown in as a bit of an afterthought.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Death, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Moderate: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, and Rape

maddielae's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, Stalking, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

jessthebesst's review against another edition

dark reflective 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? Yes

4.5

The beginning really drags, but once it gets going it really gets going!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Stalking, Blood, Suicide, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Vomit, and Mental illness

moon's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing, Sexism, and Suicide

alyssa_b_dub's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Drug use, Domestic abuse, and Blood