Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell

5 reviews

mandareads222's review

dark mysterious tense 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Stalking, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Sexual assault, Incest, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Mental illness, Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Grief, Death of parent, and Violence

toy_masterpiece's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.5

I don't know if I loved this entry in this genre. The style and structure was to die for but it was too up in the air and it never came down.

❗️Major Spoilers❗️

I wanted Josie to get caught. Then the truth was revealed in a hazy epilogue?

A good ride but I don't know if I'll be reading more thriller mysteries soon. It was a thrill though.

I would give it a lower score but I might just not like this genre so I bumped it up lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, Child death, Murder, Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death

crazybooklady89's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Wow! Every single time you think you have this story sorted out you turn the page and realize you have it all wrong. Even until the very last page, everything continued to change and turn. What a ride! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Death, Emotional abuse, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Sexual assault, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Animal death, Rape, and Suicide

dizpig's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Violence, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Addiction, Alcohol, Confinement, Blood, Child abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Murder, Mental illness, Cursing, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Bullying, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Torture, Stalking, Medical trauma, and Infertility

sea_tea_books's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

2.5 ⭐
While I did like the author's slow-burn thriller style, the pedophile content was disturbing. I'll check trigger warnings before trying another Lisa Jewell book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Abandonment, Death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Animal death