Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

136 reviews

sarahherm's review against another edition

informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Great read! Weird emphasis on Dulas and pregnancy/birth, but what can ya do? Lots of twists and turns!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Murder

brynhayes's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kinsportch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity

crtnybracy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

5.0

So many red herrings! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Car accident, and Injury/Injury detail

hnmeister's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Violence, and Medical trauma

avarie's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse and Violence

erindotdotdot's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

sigreads_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Violence, and Kidnapping

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