Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey

24 reviews

arantzazureads's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Great atmospheric piece and I did not ever quite guess the twists. Slow and tense, but still somehow a quick, compelling audiobook experience. Not my usual jam, but if this is your genre, definitely give it a go. Well-executed contemporary haunted house story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Murder

bookishchaos's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Very far fetched but entertaining.
I enjoyed most of the book but the ending was pretty anticlimactic and confusing/weird. It felt like a Grady Hendrix type of story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, and Mental illness

Moderate: Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Child abuse

kingsteph's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Murder, Kidnapping, Torture, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit, Emotional abuse, Grief, and Gaslighting

authorash's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense 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? Yes

5.0

What an absolute masterful, twisted story this is. It took me awhile to read because I was annotating but then I gave that up. I read the rest in one sitting. 

Never would I have ever expected that ending. 
I am disturbed and in awe at the same time.

You want a good Spooky read? This is it. 
I can’t give much away, but I do say that this is amazing work done by the author. The way that she wrote the dynamic between Daphne (mom) and Vera (FMC) was stunning but also hard to read because it had a lot of gaslighting and emotional abuse. But it was very well done.

I like how the other character, James Duvall was just not right and never sat right with me. He was an interesting mix into the story. 

Overall this is a very good read and I would put it up there on my top reads of the year.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Violence, Child abuse, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Death

jessiejonesbentley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Blood, Death, Stalking, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Bullying, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Violence, and Toxic relationship

brookey8888's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I just wanted more from this. 

It honestly was not even scary or really that creepy. The plot was fine, but I wanted a little more of the serial killer aspect and with a certain person( if you know you know). The ending of this was honestly so ridiculous and didn’t even make that much sense, but it was different. Overall this was fine and kept me entertained , but nothing special and nothing I’ll ever think about again to be honest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Murder, Violence, Grief, Mental illness, Torture, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, and Kidnapping

freadman666's review

dark emotional tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Gore, Murder, Abandonment, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Confinement

nisquah's review

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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Body horror, Death, Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Gore

Minor: Ableism, Sexism, and Misogyny

gellyreads's review

dark tense slow-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? Yes

3.5

The concept is really captivating. It's hard to describe the pacing with this novel as it starts off paint-drying slow then speeds up so quick you're on a rollercoaster.

Spoiler

I enjoyed Vera's descent into madness and violence, and I love the concept of the monster, but I feel like I would LOVE this book instead of like it if the existence of the monster wasn't clear. IDK, felt too clear to me.

Spoiler

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Death, Chronic illness, Cancer, Gore, Violence, Vomit, and Mental illness

box_wine_hero's review

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.75

This book is a bit slow to get going, but ended up being very disturbing. Loved the character development of Vera and the ending was perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Confinement

Moderate: Torture, Kidnapping, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail