Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

120 reviews

lorzosaur's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death of parent, Medical content, Miscarriage, and Stalking

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

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

Minor: Animal death

kaseymkelley's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Death, Death of parent, and Miscarriage

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

emilylouise1608's review against another edition

challenging slow-paced

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

3.0

This was my first Lisa jewell book. The first half of the book I was struggling to keep up with the time jumps and all the characters but once I got my head around it I enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Rape, Miscarriage, Child abuse, and Torture

dorsetreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Child death, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal death, Miscarriage, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

eating_or_reading's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Child abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

elylu1's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual assault

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Violence, Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Confinement, and Pregnancy

emmylamptey's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

1.75

This book was horribly boring, slow, and confusing. I read the whole thing, despite wanting to DNF every time I picked it up and it felt like such a chore to finish. 

There was absolutely no appeal to this story for me. The “cult” aspect was underdeveloped, the cast of characters was extremely large and somewhat difficult to keep track of due to the differing timelines, and the story just seemed to simultaneously be too long and also left so much unanswered. 

Perhaps this should have been a short story or novelette. 

I *think* one of the narrators was unreliable since other characters discussed the events differently but I couldn’t even work that out by the end. I still am struggling to make out whether I actually understood the ending. 

This book was a waste of time to read - I cannot believe it has earned a sequel. Do yourselves a favour and put this book back on the shelf and walk away, knowing your life is better for not having read this book filled with graphic descriptions of child abuse, rape (way too graphic), “consensual” adult-child relationships, and more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Abandonment

Moderate: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Abortion