Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

54 reviews

sharlapeggy's review

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? Yes

3.5

Bit predictable and I realised what was happening as the story went on. I hoped I’d be wrong and there would be a big twist but I was disappointed.  However I did enjoy this and it did keep me wondering what was happening!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Rape, Stalking, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Infertility, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, and Torture

Minor: Car accident

mts's review against another edition

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

katyxo's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty

tetetaeskz'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, and Torture

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Slavery, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Pregnancy, and Mental illness

obligatoryusername's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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

2.75

I guessed the ending within about an eighth of the book. It was a fast read and enjoyable but it was not as much of a surprise as I was led to believe it would be 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Death of parent

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

Look I’m not going to lie this was such a slow start and I didn’t care and thought about DNFing because I was so bored, but it did get more interesting and I actually cried doubting the ending, but that might be because of my PMS. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Confinement, Pregnancy, Violence, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Suicide, Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Stalking, Abandonment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Toxic friendship, Grief, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

wrestleacademic's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pregnancy, Blood, and Rape

mlthomas234's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book absolutely devastated me, in a way I was not expecting or prepared for. First, it’s an excellent thriller from start to finish. The storytelling is layered, the characters are complex (not to mention deeply flawed), and the emotional pull only gets stronger as you move through the story, up to the very last words. 

Other things I liked: the differences in narrative voice are very well done. Though the story begins to shape up fairly early (in the first third) I was still fully engaged throughout the rest, as answers only opened up more interesting  questions. The writing itself was also very lyrical and nice. Read this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, Violence, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

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