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Held (2012)

by Kimberly A. Bettes(Favorite Author)

3.21 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Horror

publisher

Case Publishing

series

Held

review 1: Obviously, this book is not for the faint hearted. Rape, murder, forcefully pulling off someone's piercings, violating someone's private parts(internal and external) with a cattle prod, carving the skin away and putting salt on the wounds, shoving a piece of flesh into someone's mouth and forcing them to eat it, slicing off someone's nipple are just some of the cruel things a psychopath like Ron did. He's sadistic and merciless, it left me feeling squeamish for his actions. Reading this made me feel dirty, and not necessarily in a sexual way. The violence is graphic and the brutality the victims endured were downright morbid. But despite that, the protagonist Nicole was lacking in emotions. I didn't feel like she was scared and that's partly the reason why I couldn't conne... morect with her. She had normal conversations with Ron, even agreed to have sex with him. I just couldn't relate to that. Another reason was the rushed ending. Or cliffhanger, as the author sees it. Unfortunately, we don't really get to see how her husband felt and whether he searched for her when she went missing. Sigh. This could've been a really good book, if it was executed better. Honestly, I've always been fascinated by books that have kidnapping as the main idea but this was just ridiculous.
review 2: This book was very scary in a real life sort of way. Sure there were some iffy parts at the end, but it could happen. This whole book could happen to anyone. I cringed at the situation and often wondered if i could be strong enough. Gosh, don't really want to think about that. For me it was realistic and took me to a place that waa disturbing and brutal. I feel for thise who have ever survived this type of kidnapping. This book is not for everyone, so be warned. I definitely want to read the second book. I also want to add that evrn though the ending had some feeling ripped off, I wasn't dissapointed. My heart was pounding soo hard that it was nice for me how it ended. less

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