Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

4 reviews

h_elene's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abortion, Abandonment, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Eating disorder, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault

dsmith111's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is fantastic. My only down would be the amount of characters and how it isn’t easy to know who’s writing a certain chapter.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Rape, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, and Incest

Minor: Animal death

mmikadze's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Physical abuse, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Sexual violence

thdunn's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Minor: Rape