Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

233 reviews

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

3.75

Overall it was a good book, I definitely couldn’t predict it. There was one scene in particular that felt very intense and I was interested in figuring out what happened in the past, but at the I wasn’t blown away by the book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape

leeartscot's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic friendship

littlepelkey20's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, and Abortion

readingwithel's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I have mixed opinions about this book. I found it a bit boring to start with and got so confused as to who everyone was, however as the plot got more dark and twisted I started to get into it a bit more as I was more interested. The plot twists were good but I do think there were a few to many that the overwhelmingness (not a word I know) of it took away a bit of the marvel as there was like three plot twists in one chapter about

who's the baby was.

That brother was a bit odd and I'm excited to see what he does in the next book. Overall, wouldn't be a book I would be excited to recommend, but I still enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

katdid's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense

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

3.5

3.5 stars? 4? My favourite Jewell so far! although I didn't really get a sense of who Libby was (and I wouldn't have minded more time with Dido). Strike/Robin vibes from the pairing of Libby/Miller (weirdly I just read two books back to back with prominent characters called Miller).

But c'mon now, adult Henry is creepy af, why would you even want a relationship with him? And Lucy knows he put a tracker on Libby's phone, wouldn't she say something about that?

I thought she actually did well with the ending here! but I'm nervous to see there's a sequel.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Child abuse and Miscarriage

rosyburrow's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Alcoholism

hollymileham's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

very weird book and what on earth was that ending, definitely enjoyed some parts more than others but overall this was very freaky

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Murder

jabnole1's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? Yes

3.0

Not the best. Will probably still listen to The Family Remains. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Rape, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Pregnancy

mar253's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Murder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Homophobia

amber_bookworm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I found the plot of this book a little slow to start with, but it soon speeds up and I found all the twists and turns very engaging. I wasn't the biggest fan of the writing style and although I got used to it, it's stopped me rating it higher than 4*.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Suicide, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death