Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

14 reviews

waterbridge147's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Rape

glubprince's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Confinement, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Rape, Physical abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Abortion, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Violence, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Grief, Emotional abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal death

genevieve_carey's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This was a good book to break my reading slump with, overall good book with some nice twists, although the pacing was a bit slow for my liking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Cursing

amberinbookland's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Infertility, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Confinement, Child abuse, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Animal death