Reviews tagging 'Violence'

I Found You by Lisa Jewell

24 reviews

chapters_and_pages's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I’ve enjoyed a lot of Lisa Jewell’s books, and while I enjoyed it, it was probably my least favourite. 

In East Yorkshire, single mum Alice discovers a strange man on the beach outside her home. He has no memory of who he is or how he got there. In Surrey, almost 200 miles away, newly married Lily discovers her husband is missing. Both women find themselves surrounded by 20 years of secrets and lies. 

I really wasn’t a fan of the characters and I think that had a large impact on my overall opinion of the book. Alice was honestly a bad mother, and a bloody idiot for letting this random man into her home, with her children. Lily, while her personality and behaviour was much more forgivable than Alice’s, was rather annoying and immature, especially when it came to her husband. 

The storyline was okay, nothing spectacular but not terrible, and overall, I did enjoy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Violence

ynaiita_5896's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

🦚 Single mom Alice opens her home to a man she encounters at the beach, off the coast of Yorkshire. He is going through a fugu state not knowing his identify, name or how he got there. Near London, Lily, a young wife from the Ukraine panics when her new husband does not come home from work. After she learns about his fake pass ort from the local police, she begins to search for him and for answers as to why he suddenly abandoned her.

🦚 This like most of Lisa Jewell's thrillers is bingeable, unputdownable and full of suspense. I particularly love this book because it has so much heart amidst the tense and thrilling context. The two FMCs are so different but also similar whereby they are both strong and resilient women. The multiple POVs were all easy-to-follow and flow together really well — answering questions along the way without spoiling the overall mystique and suspense of the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Mental illness, Grief, Murder, Child abuse, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, and Violence

deebsdan's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

i’ve read almost all of lisa jewell’s books and she has a weird obsession w middle aged women who don’t consider themselves “traditional beauties” and the other women in the story who are.. it’s strange and in every one of them 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Kidnapping and Stalking

mellowhello's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

This was batshit! I loved it! Lisa Jewell’s thrillers are perhaps a tiny bit formulaic but having read just two now, I am a fan of the formula. So many moments of “what the hell kind of person would do this?” but I think that’s a big part of a good thriller! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Sexual assault

aas's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

natalya_c14's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

Graphic: Violence, Death, Drug use, Rape, and Murder

smelliek's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual assault, Violence, and Rape

elaroche's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

embelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

The mystery of the book was okay, and I did find myself flipping the pages wanting to find out what occurred and how the different storylines connected. But, most of the characters were incredibly annoying to me, doing and thinking things that made no sense at all given what was happening in the story. Also, lots of the dialogue was so incredibly awkward/stilted, to the point of being cringeworthy at many points throughout the book, that I kept being taken out of the story by it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gaslighting, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Death, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Torture, Rape, and Stalking

jordynkoenig's review against another edition

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.25

All in all a really interesting concept. I had a good time reading it, and I think the twist was pretty well done.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

The sexual violence wasn’t gratuitous or overdone by any means, but it might be a book to avoid if you’re sensitive to it.