Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Yo que nunca supe de los hombres by Jacqueline Harpman

67 reviews

chelseaisreading's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.25

This book will be one that sticks with me, but it’s a nightmare. Gives me the same vibes as a long Twilight Zone episode. Ultimately asking so many existential questions. 

(the broken brain part of me thought: this is the anti Ice Planet Barbarians 😂)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, and Grief

catdookie's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.5

So sad but so captivating I found myself waking up in the middle of the night to continue reading it bc it wouldn’t leave my mind. I was hoping for a different ending but that would have changed the meaning of the book of course. Will be thinking about this for a long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

_meganrose's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

This is unlike anything I have ever read. Dark. Mysterious. Chilling. Tragic. I am normally not the biggest fan of dystopian novels, but I really enjoyed this read. Only complaint is the chapters are sooooo long. Wish it would have been divided up a bit more into shorter chapters with all of the same content.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Confinement, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

khadijah98's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

kitten_nugget's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Kidnapping

crodgers90's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Murder

Minor: Excrement, Medical content, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

wisewayfarer'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Terminal illness and Violence

jinglebellyee's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

So eerie and strange..? It gave me Society of the Snow vibes except the main character (the one woman who never knew men) never found an escape or hope.. it gets you thinking how would life be if captivity and solitary is all that you know? Even if you’re escaping, where are you running to? What is life without men (and other human beings)? Thoroughly enjoyed the thriller and mystery vibes.. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Abandonment

edamamebean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

Wow. What a strange and compelling book. And so vaguely spooky too. This is a speculative fiction/sci-fi about a young woman who grows up as a captive in a bunker with thirty-nine other women. Her story begins with her coming-of-age, but really picks up when she and the other women finally escape the bunker in search of answers to why they’ve been held captive for so many years. They never do find answers. In fact, every new discovery just brings up more questions. But the book isn’t about the rules of their world. It’s more of a think-piece, interested in asking existential questions. What do things like death, time, or love mean for someone who doesn’t experience a normal human existence? What happens to a person if there’s no one left to remember them? What does womanhood mean to a woman who has never known men? I’ll be thinking about this one for a long time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Gore, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

hoopoebird's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Suicide, and Grief

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Kidnapping