Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

44 reviews

amberinbookland's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

__whatemilyread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Forced institutionalization, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Grief

utelylivin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

2.75

This one wasn't really a "thrilling" to me, but I liked how the story jumped between the perspectives of multiple narrators. It kept me interested to keep going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicide

Minor: Cancer, Child death, and Blood

xsophiecat's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Pedophilia

The premise was intriguing, but sadly the ending did not deliver the promises made earlier on. The concept of

the unreliable narrator

could have been used to greater effect; in actuality, what happened was

some slight confusion and meerest hint of danger

. Overall, I would have been far more satisfied with the weird, grotesque ending/explanation that was hinted at throughout, rather than the more timid ending given.