Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

400 reviews

limerickreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Dark and twisted. Just how I like it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Kidnapping

clarklyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

I have a lot of feelings about this book. I devoured it for one. It kept me hooked from the very beginning and reminded me of Lovely Bones. There really wasn’t a twist in my opinion-

it is pretty obvious who Poppy’s mother is even before the book spells it out for you. I think a real twist would have been Ellie living but maybe that is just me wanting her to have survived. 

I was also very disturbed by the way Laurel talked about her other daughter, Hanna. “Laurel had never accepted Hanna as a consolation prize”…

”Laurel is about to say, Oh, she was much prettier than Hanna”…

”Hanna. Her middle child. The difficult one. The tiring one. The one she wouldn’t want to be stranded on a desert island with. And a terrible thought shot through her, so fast she barely registered it. It should be you missing and Ellie eating beans on toast.“

 I mean what kind of mom thinks this way about her daughter? I understand she is grieving but it’s horrible. Extremely disturbing, IMO, and left unaddressed other than a half-ass voicemail apology.

 

It loses some serious points from me because I was disturbed by how Laurel talked and thought about her middle child and how the book never really addresses these thoughts. The ending was also very unsatisfying and lacked a feeling of justice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

tswartz91's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

I love this one. Heartbreaking but had somewhat of a happy ending. Definitely a tear jerker and will stick with me for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

fraggle1982's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Infertility, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Pregnancy

kseaman's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping and Rape

mummamyers's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pregnancy, Rape, Torture, Stalking, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Sexual assault, Violence, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

kmaller01's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy

minniepauline's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Kidnapping, Death of parent, Suicide, and Child death

frances_caa's review against another edition

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

marieeh's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

2.0

This was such a sad book and even though I essentially knew where it was going from very early on, it didn't make it any easier to read it unfolding.  
It ended about as well as it could have and I still felt sick after all of it.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Kidnapping