Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Leaving, by Tara Altebrando

6 reviews

sarkenobi's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death of parent, and Death

emsavors's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death of parent, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Stalking, Suicide, Dementia, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Death

irene_g08's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

So I’d actually give this book a 3.5 out of 5. First off I do NOT like the author’s writing style. I constantly had to reread certain parts to understand what I was reading. It’s also in third-person which I’m not a big fan of. But it has a great plot and the concept the author is talking about is very interesting. I didn’t enjoy certain parts of the book but I enjoyed seeing the pieces of the story connect. I also wish we saw more than 3 POVs since there could’ve been so much added to the story. For me the one of the only parts I really enjoyed was the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Car accident and Addiction

clofle92's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Some of the reviews are a bit harsh. Really interesting plot idea and whilst I agree it could have been a more traditional / enjoyable read if written in a different style it was very purposely done this way to match the viewpoint of the characters. Of course there are still questions because they still have questions! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Alcoholism and Mass/school shootings

mpbookreviews's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

riyket75's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

I really like this book for the most part. The beginning was very much what I expected this book to be, and I enjoyed getting the story form multiple points of view.

Spoiler

However, as they started to remember things, I wish that what they had remembered was used as more of a focal point and more important when it came to the end of the book.

The end seemed a little rushed and not as much of a revelation as I was hoping that it would be.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Mass/school shootings