Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

44 reviews

sallytiffany's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I really enjoyed it. It was mysterious and intense. I loved how many medical references they did. All the characters in it were wonderful. It gave me major flashbacks to covid times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Violence

Moderate: Death, Medical content, Medical trauma, Violence, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Confinement, Blood, Domestic abuse, Grief, Child death, Suicide, and Kidnapping

bones_jackson's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

O plot twist é forçado e ruim, não tem aquela tensão construída para que haja uma revelação, ela só veio do nada, mudando completamente e desnecessariamente a personalidade de um personagem para que se encaixasse no plot twist. A história começa boa, mas o resto dela é muito forçada. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Confinement, Murder, Pregnancy, Self harm, Suicide, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Car accident, and Death of parent

kh_xion'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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Child abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Bullying

magical_mads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cursing, Infidelity, Abandonment, Bullying, Car accident, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Violence, Excrement, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Grief, Murder, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Torture

katybugggg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

This book was so good! It kept me guessing the entire time; I could not put it down. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Medical trauma

Moderate: Infidelity, Bullying, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Medical content, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts

nisquah's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Torture, Murder, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Confinement, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Grief

Moderate: Car accident, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Rape, Excrement, and Gaslighting

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Abortion, and Cancer

support_lesbian's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.0

The execution of this book is just so flat and robotic to me, it was really hard to get invested when the climax and resolution and "plot twists" had no impact at all. It also didn't help that the foundation of this whole mystery is built on the characters being wildly stupid in a way to make you mad rather than to prove a point. Not gonna spoil it but the finding out who the culprit does not sit quite right with me too especially given the cast that is presented in this story lol.

There were some good/interesting things that I liked such as the the kids story line and the medical malpractice story line but they just didn't go anywhere by the end of it. Overly a lackluster experience.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, Death, Grief, Infidelity, Lesbophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Ableism, Kidnapping, Murder, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Misogyny

kindredspirit7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

I was genuinely really shocked by the ending and did not see it coming at all. It was enjoyable but the writing style is not my favorite. It’s a bit overly descriptive with simple sentences. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Violence, Car accident, Murder, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Infidelity, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

There is a very graphic description of birth gone wrong as well as child abuse. But the child abuse depicted at the beginning does not last the entire book and the birth takes only one chapter

schadmad's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Confinement, Medical content, Death, and Kidnapping

silverhill's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

1.75

This book pissed me off. The first 3/4 was so sad and tragic: missing/dead women, destroyed childhood of a little girl. But then the big whodunnit reveal —

coldly evil and selfish lesbian!

— was inexcusable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Medical content

Moderate: Lesbophobia