Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

33 reviews

clo_l's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

crazybooklady89's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Wow! Just wow!! It is NOT often that I am completely and utterly taken by surprise with a twist. Usually I have some inkling of what is to come, but this book got me good! I’m giving 5 stars for that fact alone. Other than that, the story was really interesting, and I enjoyed the multiple perspectives. Sometimes having multiple timelines (in those case there were 3 timelines running throughout the book) gets really confusing, but the author did a fantastic job of keeping everything clear and linear in a non-linear book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infidelity, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

kris_tea516's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

Ok. This book. I have lots of opinions. lol

The story is disturbing but I wouldn’t say it was “bad.” It definitely held my attention but, man, was I stressed out & need to cleanse my soul with some comedy. There are few people I would recommend it to &, if you have kids, maybe skip this one. 

Some complaints: 
- There is SO MUCH unnecessary details that make the book at least 1/4 longer than it needed to be. 
- I’ve been a doula &, while there is some truth in what she writes about that field, there is a lot of incorrect info 
- There are tangents she seems to go on at times that do nothing to do with the story that it almost feels Ike a story written so she could get on her soapbox on certain opinions of hers. Some chapters just felt like propaganda for her views. 
- The character development left much to be desired. Half the time it was like she didn’t know what kind of person she wanted to make a character so she kept changing them up. 
- Finally, I really did not care for the narrator of the audiobook. 

Don’t get me wrong, I think many people will really enjoy this one, especially crime fans. But 3 stars is the best I can give it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

hannahduda's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

alsnapp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Miscarriage, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

becks444's review against another edition

dark emotional tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Murder

the_jamae_way's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

christyreads_n_rambles's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This book is a bone chilling mystery of multiple missing people, and the deeper the dive the more connections that are mad. The characters are so easy to love and the plot line grips you keeping you engaged just to find out what happens.  I wish there was a bit more to the story the ending was a bit out there and the fact that a whole neighborhood saw/ heard nothing seems out there as well.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Domestic abuse

zarakoconnor's review against another edition

emotional sad tense fast-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

Was enjoyable, wish some things were explored more rather than quickly wrapped up at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

coco78337's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Car accident, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis