Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

13 reviews

apeck's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Death and Stalking

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

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? It's complicated

3.25

   A semi-predictable thriller. I had hoped to enjoy this more than the other book of hers I read, and I did but it still wasn't spectacular. I likely won't pick up a book of hers again, as I don't enjoy them that much. I found the villain to be easy to spot.
    The characters were quite unlikeable and hard to sympathize with. This made it harder to enjoy the book.
    The writing did keep me engaged and there were some twists I didn't see coming.

Narrator(s) Rating:  4.5 stars
   All the narrators did an excellent job, though the one who did Emma's voice was a bit flat. They were the only reason I bothered to finish the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Misogyny, Suicide, Police brutality, Trafficking, Alcohol, Deportation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A tale of a missing girl, corruption, and parents who love their kids. This story follows Julia, a detective investigating a a girl who vanished in a dead end alleyway, Lewis, a father who's daughter is missing, and Emma, who's son is a suspect. I have only read Wrong Place Wrong Time by this author but, like that book this is incredibly well thought out and mysterious. It is incredibly slow in the middle. The fact that the only povs are of the parents of the main characters in this mystery makes it hard to connect to the actual story. It's also a tad hard to like any of them. I think the last 25% was much more intriguing than the first 75%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lpdx's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Police brutality, and Alcohol

bookishchaos's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Mixed feelings about this one... Some of the twists were really good, but the overall conclusion to the story was messy. I liked it until 70%, then I was over it. When it was revealed what was going on, I was like "really? that's it?". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking and Stalking

Minor: Infidelity

booksandladders's review

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? It's complicated

3.0

I really liked Wrong Place, Wrong Time and thought I would pick this one up as well. It was pretty good, but there were elements of it I didn't quite enjoy. I thought it was a decent follow-up to a spectacular book, but it definitely didn't have the same hold on me that Wrong Place, Wrong Time did.

I didn't see the majority of the twists coming, and that made me continue reading it, but I wasn't as interested in it and thought it would hook me more than it ended up doing. I didn't think the switch in perspective or the storytelling in those perspectives was as impactful as I would have liked. It took too long for me to get into, even as I listened to it in audiobook format.

I was hoping for more out of this but am still pleased with what I read. I will definitely still read more that Gillian McAllister puts out and think she is a strong voice in the thriller genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Police brutality, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity

kcrockford's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Stalking

cc_shelflove's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book was straight fire. 🔥 Right off the bat, I knew it was going to be good after reading McAllister’s dedication to a former police officer who she consulted in writing this book. She is clearly a woman who wanted to do her story right, and she succeeded! McAllister offers multiple points of view. We follow three adults who all have one thing in common: the absolute desire to protect their children from harm, no matter the cost. I am not a mother, but it was so easy to imagine and feel a mother’s love inside of me while reading this book. That is some spectacular writing, and what’s more is that her acknowledgments share the following: “This year, I write them at thirty-seven weeks pregnant, about to find out whether this parenthood business I’ve been writing about for so long is all I thought it would be.” Like me, she must have already had some dogs she loved more than life or something, because I felt it! McAllister also served up a few unique twists, including two that I did not guess and which were entirely believable. This is not a thriller that will have you rolling your eyes; it is one that you will have you scared of the people around you. 🤣 Well done. Let’s go read her backlist now. 🤪

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Suicide

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

I wanted to get into this book but could not. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder

bekah1210's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity and Trafficking