Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

156 reviews

lauragoose's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.75

Hard to finish. I'm not sure if the book intended to be surprising or shocking or with having "twists" but it's all plainly laid out. Slow pace. Sad inclusions of diet culture and toxic beauty stands. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Fatphobia, Animal death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Slavery, Torture, Eating disorder, Suicide, Death, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Trafficking, Child death, Confinement, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

condls27's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

Thrilling and an emotional ride! A little dark for me at times but still a compelling story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder, Confinement, and Grief

crowray's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

i loved the twists in this book i hate when i can guess but a few of them really caught me by surprise. the characters felt fleshed out and human and the emotion and writing was brill. didn’t feel very tense apart from towards the end but that’s really the only thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, Animal death, Blood, Murder, Death, Gore, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Violence, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Physical abuse, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Mental illness

theycallmerash's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Murder, Abandonment, Miscarriage, Stalking, Suicide, Confinement, Mental illness, Child abuse, and Pregnancy

Minor: Death of parent

faythfarrar's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Grief, Stalking, Abandonment, Animal death, Confinement, Suicide, and Child abuse

frannydo's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Confinement, Slavery, Child death, and Stalking

Minor: Infertility and Suicide

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I read this in one day! Very well written. Not super "mysterious" considering I guessed what was going on pretty early on, but I still had to know what had happened. I was partially right but there's several shocking twists. The ending was sad though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Murder, Stalking, and Child abuse

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was an interesting story, and I didn't predict a part of the climax.  I definitely thought the storytelling was stronger in the The Family Upstairs series, but this one was fine. The whole

hamster

thing was weird though and kind of felt like a detail added later to increase ~weirdness~.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse

Minor: Animal death, Bullying, Infertility, Sexual assault, Miscarriage, Death of parent, and Alcohol

tori2629's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

3.75

You think you know exactly what's going to happen from the summary. Then, just 50 or so pages in, you are SURE you know what's happened, and you will think "Wow, is this just the most predictable book ever???" But, then, when things are finally revealed, you realize, "Hm. Well, this went in a different direction than I expected!" I do feel like it being obvious what happens to Ellie, and how she connects to Floyd and Poppy, was kind of the whole point. The story isn't a mystery about "what happened to Ellie." It's about her Mum, Laurel finally putting the pieces of her life together and moving on afterwards.  

Overall, I liked the book. It got a little slow in the middle, and I didn't find any of the characters particularly likeable, not even Laurel or Poppy, really, but the plot was compelling enough that I wanted to see what happened, and how things wind up in the end. I was pleasantly surprised. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Abandonment, Kidnapping, and Confinement

Moderate: Murder and Death

Minor: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Animal death

wayamom8's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Infertility, Grief, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Rape, and Stalking