Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Den nat hun forsvandt by Lisa Jewell

26 reviews

hollylin's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Holy crap???? It’s definitely slow at first, but I believe it was building up to that moment. Loved how the author did different perspectives on the characters that was leading up to that moment! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship

katies_bibliotherapy's review against another edition

3.0

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is the second miss by Lisa Jewell for me this year. This was a slow-burn, and there was also a lot going on throughout the story, and also too many characters, so it made it hard to follow what was going on and who I was reading about when. I also accidentally saw a spoiler earlier on, so I knew what to expect and that took the mystery and thrill out of the book for me. I also found the characters unlikeable, which also took me out of the story. I almost DNFed this several times but wanted to see it through for the purpose of finishing more books this month, as I've only finished two so far. Hopefully this doesn't put me in a reading slump. 😑

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Emotional abuse, Rape, Murder

chantale's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Toxic friendship

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Alcohol

bookedfortheweekend25's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Biphobia, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Lesbophobia, Cultural appropriation, Alcohol

Minor: Addiction

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Classism

aas's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol

kst's review against another edition

4.5

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse

Minor: Addiction, Sexual assault

hzamrzla's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I don’t read many murder-mystery novels but this one was great! The flaws and interior lives of the characters drove the plot, and while the framing device seemed a little unnecessary, the main mystery was compelling! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia, Grief

Minor: Addiction, Drug use

gabbyreynolds's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol

ekmook's review against another edition

4.0

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol