Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

59 reviews

laurennicole98's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Mental illness, and Abandonment

brynhayes's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

dsmith111's review against another edition

hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

This book is fantastic. My only down would be the amount of characters and how it isn’t easy to know who’s writing a certain chapter.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Incest, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal death

ashlyreadsevrythg's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

What a great read. And Holy crap was it a Rollercoaster ride!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

galexy_brain's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I definitely enjoyed my time reading this book. I found some of the twists surprising ,

but for the most part, the outcomes were as expected. I enjoyed the tripartite narration where the three main "siblings'" stories/perspectives were told in short, alternating chapters, and the discovery that Henry turned out to be an unreliable narrator. Though the ending didn't come as a shock, I was satisfied with how each mystery was uncovered and the coziness of the family reunion. Henry's closing chapter certainly left some things to mull over after the book was done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Suicide, Car accident, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

andatherrin's review against another edition

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Suicide, Terminal illness, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Infertility and Abandonment

spookybat's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

A really fascinating book filled with plot twists. Towards the end of the book, I found myself completely immersed and unable to put the book down! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Murder, and Abandonment

Moderate: Pregnancy and Abandonment

sydthereader's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Animal death

shann_reads_'s review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

This book truly had me on the edge of my seat, read in two sittings probably within 24hours! I just had to know what went wrong, how did it lead to all this! 
I have enjoyed Lisa Jewell's books in the past but this is by far my favourite! 
Set in time timelines until they merge to give us the full story, a story of pain, suffering and general weirdness! 
Highly recommend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Abandonment

alanahoney630's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment