Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

54 reviews

jess_y's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Kidnapping

raynaaskiverr's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Confinement, Grief, Medical content, Pregnancy, Animal death, Child abuse, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Infertility, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Miscarriage

brina's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.0

This is more of a sad book than a thriller

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Child death, Kidnapping, Death, Abandonment, Child abuse, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

irenemarie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

 Ooof. Though the foreshadowing leads you directly through the plot, the writing, the character development, it keeps you turning those pages. I thought I would rate it lower because of the predictability, but when I felt my eyes water towards the final part, I knew it touched me too much to not rate it close to perfect. Look forward to investigating Lisa Jewell's other works. Her fantastic delivery has me hooked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Confinement, Grief, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Animal death, Stalking, and Suicide

joisaddler's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Child death, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Abandonment, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death of parent, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gun violence, Stalking, and Suicide

sassyshark's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Medical content, Stalking, Child abuse, Violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Suicide, Ableism, and Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

booksandmo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

jenn_reads's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

2.25

The mystery was not much of a mystery, it was exactly what you think is going on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Confinement

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Minor: Animal death

aldenp's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Violence, Torture, Suicide, Stalking, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death and Miscarriage

msennflinn's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Suicide, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Animal death