Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

215 reviews

frances_caa's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.25

Disturbing, eerie and what you least expected.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Child abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

bluelien's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

I was expecting more. This book was very predictable from the beginning, and I kept thinking it was the author's intention so that the reveal would hit all the better. Unfortunately, the reveal wasn't that big of a reveal for me. I didn't predict it to the t but my guess came very close. What I did like were the relationship dynamics, the character development and the writing! The plot was nice as well. I would've preferred if we didn't get the multiple timelines. I'm guessing the author wanted to create a tense atmosphere by letting us in on what happened before Laurel made her discoveries, but to me, this killed the suspense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Confinement

Minor: Miscarriage, Child abuse, and Suicide

briannahege's review

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

ponyoloveslex's review

dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Rape, Child death, Physical abuse, Murder, Gaslighting, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual assault

k8_mart's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Child death, Death, and Animal death

Moderate: Murder and Rape

sofiam19's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Grief, and Child abuse

it’s never mentioned but implied Ellie was forcefully impregnated/sexually assaulted by Noel< /spoiler>

devmin's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child abuse, and Confinement

Minor: Stalking

jesssparkles's review

dark emotional sad tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Kidnapping

canngrob's review

dark mysterious fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Child death, Kidnapping, Confinement, and Child abuse

Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

girl_on_a_beach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Lisa Jewell knocks it out of the park again! 
Absolute page turner! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage, Child abuse, and Murder