Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Watching You by Lisa Jewell

4 reviews

emeraldsanto's review against another edition

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

4.5

I really enjoyed how the story was paced, I'm mostly used to novels where a crime is committed very early whereas in this case you stay in the dark until the very end.

I can't help but highlight how great the author was at playing hints throughout the whole thing, all the pieces are given to you at just the right intervals to make connections less obvious.

Additionally I was pleasantly surprised at the very prominent place "gang-stalking" took in the plot, it's definitely not a theme that is often referenced in popular culture.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking, Pregnancy, Murder, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Cancer

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.0

I finished this, but I'm not sure that I had to. Everything felt very formulaic and kind of unbelievable. It lacked that "what???" feeling that you hope to get from a thriller/mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Murder, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Suicide, Pedophilia, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Racism, Car accident, and Animal cruelty

If pregnancy is not great for you right now, probably skip this one. It has a lot of complicated feelings about it.

rileysradreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent

Minor: Animal cruelty

ohmyohmaggie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Clever, well-paced, functioning plot. I read this book in a day or two. I find a lot of mysteries kind of lose the plot towards the end and the ins-and-outs become hard to follow and bit far-fetched. But this made sense the entire time and I was satifisfied at the end. I felt like I was able to track the story and make my own predictions,  but yet it wasn’t a predictable plot, it was just well-thought through. A bit steamy too without being over the top.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Infidelity

Minor: Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Eating disorder, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, and Adult/minor relationship