Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

10 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

   A semi-predictable thriller. I had hoped to enjoy this more than the other book of hers I read, and I did but it still wasn't spectacular. I likely won't pick up a book of hers again, as I don't enjoy them that much. I found the villain to be easy to spot.
    The characters were quite unlikeable and hard to sympathize with. This made it harder to enjoy the book.
    The writing did keep me engaged and there were some twists I didn't see coming.

Narrator(s) Rating:  4.5 stars
   All the narrators did an excellent job, though the one who did Emma's voice was a bit flat. They were the only reason I bothered to finish the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Confinement, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death, Gun violence, Cursing, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Infertility, Deportation, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Trafficking, Alcohol, Police brutality, Suicide, Drug use, and Pandemic/Epidemic

abicaro17's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

A tale of a missing girl, corruption, and parents who love their kids. This story follows Julia, a detective investigating a a girl who vanished in a dead end alleyway, Lewis, a father who's daughter is missing, and Emma, who's son is a suspect. I have only read Wrong Place Wrong Time by this author but, like that book this is incredibly well thought out and mysterious. It is incredibly slow in the middle. The fact that the only povs are of the parents of the main characters in this mystery makes it hard to connect to the actual story. It's also a tad hard to like any of them. I think the last 25% was much more intriguing than the first 75%. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Infidelity, Gore, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

lpdx's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Infidelity, Violence, Gun violence, and Stalking

Minor: Addiction, Police brutality, and Alcohol

booksandladders's review

dark 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? It's complicated

3.0

I really liked Wrong Place, Wrong Time and thought I would pick this one up as well. It was pretty good, but there were elements of it I didn't quite enjoy. I thought it was a decent follow-up to a spectacular book, but it definitely didn't have the same hold on me that Wrong Place, Wrong Time did.

I didn't see the majority of the twists coming, and that made me continue reading it, but I wasn't as interested in it and thought it would hook me more than it ended up doing. I didn't think the switch in perspective or the storytelling in those perspectives was as impactful as I would have liked. It took too long for me to get into, even as I listened to it in audiobook format.

I was hoping for more out of this but am still pleased with what I read. I will definitely still read more that Gillian McAllister puts out and think she is a strong voice in the thriller genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Violence, Death, Gun violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Drug use, and Police brutality

Minor: Infidelity

lynnmiy's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Injury/Injury detail

vj_thompson's review against another edition

The writing was hard to follow. There also topic in the book that made it hard to enjoy the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Infidelity, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Grief

bekah1210's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Minor: Infidelity and Trafficking

3readingcircus's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Deportation, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, and Stalking

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic, Infertility, Death of parent, Cancer, and Suicide

jennabeck13's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (4.5/5)

Genre: Thriller

About 375 pages

Hundreds of thousands of people go missing every year. Most are found okay but some may never be found or may be found deceased. When Julia Day gets a call that there is another missing person, Olivia, she assumes it will be simple. Just another missing person to find. However, this case will be anything but simple for two reasons. One, Olivia disappeared into a dead-end alley. Two, Julia is being blackmailed and forced to plant evidence if she wants to protect her own daughter’s secret. As someone who has always put her career first, she is now in quite a predicament as she is forced to choose between her daughter and her professional integrity.

WOW. This is my second Gillian McAllister book and it certainly won’t be my last. This book was a slow burn to start as the case built but the second half picked up FAST. Though I did guess one of the big twists, there were so many others I didn’t see coming. McAllister did a terrific job choosing the narrators and I truly could not put this book down. My only qualm was certain things that were overlooked/missed by the cops, parents, friends, etc. didn’t seem realistic for 2023 and all the technology there is out there. Not a big one but just something that stood out to me. So happy I managed to be at the top of the Libby waitlist for this one and got to read it shortly after it was released!💜

Favorite Quote: “Julia looks into her eyes and thinks that nobody is truly missing, not to themselves. Only to those left behind.”

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

alisonannk's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Death, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Deportation, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Police brutality, and Blood