Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Just Another Missing Person by Gillian McAllister

6 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

bookishchaos's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Mixed feelings about this one... Some of the twists were really good, but the overall conclusion to the story was messy. I liked it until 70%, then I was over it. When it was revealed what was going on, I was like "really? that's it?". 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Murder

Moderate: Trafficking and Stalking

Minor: Infidelity

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

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

bringmybooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

Thank you to Edelweiss, William Morrow, & HarperCollins for the opportunity to read and review this book before it's publication date! This in no way affected my review, opinions are my own.

✨ 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚 ✨ B̷O̷R̷R̷O̷W̷  B̷Y̷P̷A̷S̷S̷

HI HEY HELLO I NEED YOU TO KNOW THIS WAS FAB

Okay, so I picked up Wrong Place Wrong Time last year at a crazy going out of business sale (it was like $4 for the HC, how can you go wrong?) and read it shortly thereafter - read it, devoured it, tomato, tomatoh, what have you. I have recommended that book to SO many people since reading it and I’m so stoked to say that I will be recommending this one just as much!

It took me a tiny little bit to get fully sunk into the story and kind of understand how the different POVs connected (and one of my hunches was correct which obvs made me feel like a genius), but once I did I was HOOKED. The plot itself was ingenious (similar to Wrong Place Wrong Time!) and I loved how it all came together.

This is also one of those books that, while not what you would necessarily consider for a book club, would be PERFECT for the occasion. There is a lot to unpack/unravel here and I cannot wait for other people to read this in August so I can talk to them about it! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity and Death

Minor: Kidnapping, Deportation, Violence, Murder, Trafficking, and Gun violence