Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

40 reviews

mmikadze's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

violetwraith's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

danfoskett's review against another edition

adventurous dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

amayya's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

jen1804's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Good amount of mystery throughout.
Not at all what I expected from the blurb.
Very dark themes.
Enjoyed the switching of narratives between several characters stories which inevitably all eventually intertwine.
Satisfactory ending? Yes.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, and Murder

hunkydory's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Pregnancy

feifeii's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

Dark. Twisty. Unreliable narrator. At times the story gets sluggish but overall it’s fast paced. 
The very last chapter, and the last few lines in particular, sends chill to my spine and I like how it left open with unfinished business. This part definitely bumps up the overall rating of the entire book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Abortion

alexxm13's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

this book is a rollercoaster with all these characters and sometimes difficult to remember as so much is happening and goes back and forth between characters to timeline and can be confusing, also david who is 40 having the ding dong with two 14 year olds and making them pregnant disgusts me and this is why i hate men also with henry and phin i was cheering on with their relationship but then it turned out henry is obsessive and a creep with phin and just wanting to kill him as phin impregnated henry’s sister lucy and to give birth to libby. i feel bad for libby as she was just a baby in which all 4 children/teens abandoned to cover up the murder henry did to his parents and david by drugging them. what seemed like a cult/suicide mission turned out to be a murder by a 16 year old and help of other teens in the house after being trapped for 2 years. i thought it was a good story and twists and turns but the structure of it was too confusing for my to keep hold of.

lisa jewel another jem of a book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

shannonmarie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, and Rape

Minor: Abortion