Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

53 reviews

ashleysager's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Stalking, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Pregnancy, Suicide, Child abuse, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, and Sexual assault

Minor: Terminal illness

msriverareads92's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Torture, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Abandonment, and Murder

leckner_library's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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, Death, Miscarriage, Abandonment, Suicide, Stalking, and Kidnapping

chan_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Suicide and Abandonment

aas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Animal death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Death, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Grief, Infertility, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

asiamd's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

2.75

So the beginning was really slow for me and I didn’t really start liking it until part 2. I don’t really know if I liked the changing pov’s mostly because I felt they gave too much of the mystery away and the changes were really sudden, and didn’t add a lot to the story for me. I also think I understand what the author was trying to do by giving a false sense of closure with the first mystery being solved but throughout the book it just felt extremely easy to figure everything out and I felt like the ending was kinda mid. One thing that I did enjoy was the depth of the MC and the emotions that she conveys through the book especially with her children and her husband. Overall I would give this a 4/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Sexual assault, Death, Murder, Child death, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Moderate: Abandonment and Child abuse

samantha_bt15's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Abandonment, Body horror, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

lisasilv's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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? No

5.0

Wow, Lisa Jewell NEVER disappoints the reader. This is one of those books where I stayed up way too late reading it and picked it up again first thing the next morning. The end I had things that I had not expected, which I always love. It’s one of those books that’s creepy and scary but not gruesome. a bad book hangover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Abandonment

meluelmil's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Really, really enjoyed this book. It was hard to put down, but I also kept stopping to write my thoughts and theories so I could look back on them and see if I was on the right track. I LOVE that the story was well concluded and the loose ends were all tied. AND IT ALL MADE SENSE! There were lots of surprises and scenes that made me gasp out loud without a lazy explanation (read: “it was mental illness” or “it was all a dream” or “it was all a coincidence”). Great story, great execution, great epilogue!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Suicide, Child death, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, and Stalking

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

Minor: Pedophilia, Infertility, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Cancer, and Mental illness

nuh_thaan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

The thrills were so good with this one! It was such a fun and fast paced read. Even though I could predict some of the things that happened, it was a good time!

As we started to learn about the connection between Floyd and Noelle, it was very easy to sense that Noelle couldn't get pregnant. All the pieces fell into place as you knew the set up from the end result in the beginning of the book, but not necessarily the how or why.

How Ellie became pregnant really surprised me! I thought that Floyd was going to play a bigger part in that with Noelle, but it was really just her that was completely unhinged. The fact that she bought sperm and inseminated Ellie was appalling.

I also thought the end of Part Four was fascinating where Floyd was giving Noelle a gift, but Part Five really dropped the ball. It was too happy and easy for the characters. I wanted more drama and for it to keep up pace with the rest of the book. The fact that Blue said Floyd's aura was dark felt like it didn't really come into play.

Poppy was also an interesting character and acted so much older. I was hoping we'd find out more about why Floyd made the decisions she did.

Definitely recommend this one for people looking for a fast, fun, thrilling read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Child abuse

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, and Torture

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy