Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

67 reviews

haveyseentis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

I didn’t really like it. This book is creepy for the sake of being creepy and doesn’t really say much. Some people are into that but what I seek in horror is the psychological component of it and the things that were the heart of what make this book horror did not feel well developed enough for me to constitute a story that was believable. A lot of what is discussed made me sick to my stomach but that was it.I felt very removed from the trauma of it all and the way the story was delivered with multiple points of view felt distracting. I preferred one particular point of view and all the rest took me right out of the story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Torture

Moderate: Child death and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, and Violence

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, Infertility, Torture, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

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

ull's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, and Pregnancy

autumnwhite's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

tea_t's review against another edition

dark 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

3.0

Predictable, but gripping.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy

trycerabel's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Pregnancy

alexgieske's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

lottiemilne's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

enjoyed, fairly fast paced, guessed some plots but not all, read in 2 days (426 pages).

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide and Torture

Minor: Miscarriage

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, and Murder

ayomallama's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

I thought it was fine. It definitely wasn't a thriller, but I liked how it all came together in the end.

The part when Ellie died in the basement disgusted me.

Near the end things got real weird, made me really uncomfortable, lol. PLEASE READ TW before picking up this book, y'all. I didn't, and I kinda regret it, lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Torture