Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson

141 reviews

literally_mint's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death of parent, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Dementia

Minor: Confinement, Gaslighting, Infertility, Infidelity, and Stalking

agggtm13's review

dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Murder, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Dementia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Pregnancy, Stalking, and Kidnapping

apaolillo24's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Stalking

Moderate: Dementia

dripdrop's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent and Death

cyndi1966's review

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Confinement, Death, Dementia, Gaslighting, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Pregnancy and Alcohol

cloreadsbooks1364's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-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

4.0

This book felt like a roller coaster....

There's a reason why I never reviewed the AGGGTM series, or wrote a long review of Five Survive. Holly Jackson has a way of writing the best plot twists, weaving complicated mysteries that I could never predict. Her books always leave me shocked and exhilarated, and The Reappearance of Rachel Price was no outlier.

This one features Bel, an 18-year old whose mother Rachel disappeared when she was young. A documentary is being filmed of her family, which she is not overly happy about, when suddenly Rachel Price returns...

Sharing my opinions of the plot twists or the very complicated members of Bel's family would spoil a lot, so I'll just describe this book by comparing it to a roller coaster. The start was slow, but I could feel it preparing for a drop. Then came the speedy dashes around, down, side to side, more and more information and twists thrown at me. Then the ending, when it slowed down and sweetly steered back to starting position. The ending to this book (the last 2/3 chapters after the climax) felt out of place for me.

I'm rating this book 4 stars, because I didn't like Bel's treatment of Ash (the clumsy camera assistant) at the beginning and because the ending felt wrong. But I hope that doesn't discourage mystery fans from picking up this YA mystery thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Kidnapping, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Emotional abuse, Infertility, and Pregnancy

hematthews's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Abandonment, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Murder, Confinement, Death, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Dementia and Domestic abuse

Minor: Pregnancy and Stalking

sydneys_bookshelf's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Abandonment

Moderate: Gaslighting

plip08's review

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

Wow what a ride! This was such a fun twisty thriller with a documentary element that was great. All of the characters played a part in the story which was awesome (good or bad). And there was a happy ending. What more could you want from a thriller?! Only deducted half a star because there were moments where descriptions drug on a bit too long and had to skip some parts but hey I was dying to know what happened so that could’ve been part of it lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

staceyinthesticks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Kidnapping

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Stalking, Death, and Dementia

Minor: Infertility, Medical content, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Grief, and Emotional abuse