Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

She's Too Pretty to Burn: A Novel by Wendy Heard

39 reviews

tinytrashqueen's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

Minor: Mass/school shootings and Sexual harassment

samuelalexman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.5

It took a while to get into the book. It starts out definitely more teen romance and then shifts into thriller towards the middle.
It all was very rushed and I would have loved to had more good times with the main love interests. Everything with them felt like they were always at odds.

The last line of the book was just so- gross? Like now I will never read the name of the book the same way.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Child death, Death, and Stalking

Minor: Mass/school shootings

andtheywereroommates's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, and Kidnapping

slighte's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Child death, Confinement, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Fire/Fire injury

aytac's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

gellyreads's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I kept thinking “how is this a thriller?” And then it happened. Oooof. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

willow_tree's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

cjreadstoomuch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.5

I liked the ending of this book it had me on the edge of my seat. I didn’t like Mick at first but towards the end she grew on me. On the same note I wished the author fixed the toxicity in Micks and Veronica’s relationship at the beginning, but I’m happy they worked through it for the most part. Both mick and Veronica were extremely problematic and I wished it was addressed. Nico was a dick though and manipulated Veronica too. The plot twist was huge though and I didn’t like how it was so open ended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood

Minor: Gun violence, Medical content, Mass/school shootings, and Lesbophobia

autumnrevisited's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

This book was good and had very surprising ending. It sets you up to believe one thing, but then gives a pleasing twist. The plot is one that doesn't seem obvious, but when you come back to it, you can see all the pieces are there. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use

lolamosk's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail