Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell

21 reviews

thesetofu's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Violence, and Child abuse

lucha0s's review

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Self harm, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Alcohol

laurabru92's review

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual assault, Stalking, Grief, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Mental illness, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Kidnapping, Self harm, Death of parent, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, Deadnaming, Death, Grief, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Infertility

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Sexual assault, Stalking, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, and Confinement

meghandaly33's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Self harm

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, and Mental illness

katto06's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

This book didn’t hook me until the very last chapter of the after section. I’m not sure exactly why it didn’t hook me, it just didn’t. It was a decent storyline though. I was also not really happy with the “plot twist” Like it was kinda dull

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Stalking, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Self harm, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

tina_tiny's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.25

Very slow pace initially which I quite liked because it built a net of different stories and missed or fleeting connections. I really liked how it developed each individual characters stories and slowly associated how they connected with each other.
The ending however was a little disappointing - I felt that everything solved too fast in the last final chapters

From before halfway through I started thibking that Roan was going to turn up to be the slimey guy, while Owen would be innocent - I really appreciated it the building of them towards the way that they are perceived from the world, and the little snippets on how they are actually like - like Rowan and his standing too close to women etc.

I am not sure how I feel about the "actual" villain - I guess it makes sense but that turn of events felt maybe a little rushed compared to the careful building of the rest of the plot. I also liked Owen's character development.

I felt that in a lot of his descriptions he came across as Neurodivergent - his peculiarity with food, not really understanding social conventions or people's motives and intentions, his general struggle to fit in society despite looking like he should. I don't know if that was intentional or just accidental, but I did feel it fit with the character.

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All in all a pleasant book - I had the audio book and felt it was read really well, the voices provided good characterization.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Child abuse

Minor: Violence, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

theimposter's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Stalking

binderjo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Misogyny, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

beckyremillard's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Misogyny, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Infidelity, Child abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Rape and Homophobia