Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

What Lies Between Us by John Marrs

18 reviews

mwebz13's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Ableism, Abortion, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Vomit, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Kidnapping, Infertility, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Cancer, Addiction, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Torture, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Self harm, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Medical content, Islamophobia, Forced institutionalization, Drug use, Death of parent, and Grief

pandesal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Pedophilia, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Torture, Sexual violence, and Death

marjoriem's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Confinement

Moderate: Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Infertility, and Adult/minor relationship

mochibrii's review against another edition

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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Violence

katybugggg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

2.0

I was enthralled and eager to find out the secrets, but it was just sad and horrible the whole time, with no relief. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcohol, Dementia, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Incest, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Vomit, Chronic illness, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

triple_m's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

Well written, but boring. I know sometimes thrillers need time to plant their roots for a wild and twisty finale but I never felt captured by the stories.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, and Blood

connorjdaley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.0

I read this one as May’s pick for book club. I started this one on a high, working through it fast, but then I petered out taking almost the entirety of the month to complete. 

The novel features Nina, the daughter, and Maggie, the mother. The two live together, and hate each other, in perfect disharmony. The novel is always a back of forth of who is and is not telling the truth, who has the most trauma, and who is only doing what’s right. They are both withholding incredible secrets, and the novel ends every chapter with a cliffhanger of a reveal. 

At first, that was what dragged me in so hard, but I feel like over time, it honestly kind of felt like someone throwing every single idea they had ever thought of into a single novel. Every twist, betrayal, misdirect, red herring, and deception ever created under gods eye is used in this one. It just started to trip me up. I also feel as if some serious condensing might actually have amped up the pressure and pacing an incredible amount. The ending is stressful and seriously packed, but it does feel tacked onto what is probably 150 pages too long. 

I’m not sure how else to feel, because neither main character is right or “good” by any means. Nor is there any kind of winner, truly. 

Personally a 3/5*. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Rape, Infertility, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Toxic relationship

thelifeofkim19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Infertility, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Miscarriage, Confinement, Child death, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Domestic abuse

kchann's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Incest, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicide attempt, Abortion, Child death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Pedophilia

stacey_reads_books's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I did enjoy this book, I found myself looking forward to bedtime so I could read a bit more and find out what next. I also found it stayed with me after reading it. However, to enjoy the book I did have to suspend my belief as so much happened that I felt wouldn't realistically happen in real life. I'm not complaining as it still provided some great escapism. 

Spoiler

I was shook by the ending. Don't expect a happy ever after.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Death, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, and Cancer

Minor: Pedophilia, Rape, Stalking, Excrement, Physical abuse, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, and Terminal illness