Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Yo que nunca supe de los hombres by Jacqueline Harpman

83 reviews

sarafinley's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Infertility, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, and Grief

dazzy's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, and Murder

pikkumarja's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.75

How could I describe what I felt while, and after, reading this haunting story? I do not know.

This book was truly a small miracle, haunting but beautifully written story. All the hype is well-deserved but if you want to read this book, just read it without knowing what will happen.

This is so beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Abandonment

jenjennijennifer's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful reflective tense fast-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? No

5.0

In the vein of The Handmaid’s Tale but not violent or consumed with evil, this book is tightly written, short, engrossing, and thought-provoking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, and Grief

Minor: Infertility

Read it as a comparison if you’ve read the Handmaid’s Tale.

floatinthevoid's review against another edition

dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

How do you learn to be human if you were never treated as one since early in your introduction to the world?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Kidnapping, and Suicide attempt

debsslee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicide, Terminal illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: War

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

3.0

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