Reviews tagging 'Incest'

The House We Grew Up In by Lisa Jewell

17 reviews

jriverlyn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

2.0

This story was a difficult reading experience for me. Trigger warnings on every single page.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Drug use, Alcoholism, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, Rape, and Incest

jennawhite0813's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Incest

martianfromhell's review

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Suicide

Moderate: Incest

Minor: Sexual assault and Alcoholism

corriejn's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A fine read, though a bit slow moving for me. I found that some of the storylines resolved a bit too easily/tidily for me, especially given the character dynamics established throughout the rest of the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Child death, Fatphobia, and Suicide

Moderate: Terminal illness, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Cancer, and Alcohol

Minor: Rape, Drug use, Incest, and Alcoholism

excavatingmytbr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Incest

cowgirlmads's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

This job gave insight on the lives of hoarders and how their illness effects family members. It discussed moving through past trauma, the volatility of family dynamics. I especially loved how each character did things that frustrated the reader so intensely, every single character was so multi-dimensional that I felt resentment for a character in one chapter, but immense love in the other. An emotional rollercoaster and definitely SUPER mysterious!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Minor: Incest

blueberrycharmer's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape and Incest

kodi_rae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.0

An engaging and sad tale about the complexities of trauma and how it shows up within family dynamics. While I personally found the “reveal” to be a bit questionable and slightly unsatisfying, I was still throughly intrigued with each character and what would happen with them next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Suicide, and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child death, Fatphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Terminal illness, Abandonment, Body shaming, Death, and Medical content

Minor: Miscarriage, Vomit, Incest, and Rape

melissac0320's review against another edition

emotional sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Bullying, Grief, Incest, Child death, and Suicide

blouviere4's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Grief, Incest, Infidelity, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Pregnancy, Suicide, Alcohol, Terminal illness, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Rape