Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

La famiglia del piano di sopra by Lisa Jewell

148 reviews

jaydub0221's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Terminal illness, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Murder, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Confinement, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Death

Minor: Alcohol, Animal death, Deportation, and Homophobia

pausbookshelf's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

lydiak07's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

theimposter's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Death, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

kendahlia3's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

3.75

I usually hate the dual pov but I found all three perspectives impossible to stop listening to, especially with the reveals of unreliable narration. While I predicted a big twist, there were still huge moments that caught me off guard so it was a fun listen. Some scenes were really dark, so not for the faint of heart, but very captivating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, and Domestic abuse

caoxtina's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Violence

amgarrido's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Death, Death of parent, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Drug use, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual content, Blood, Sexual assault, Infertility, and Infidelity

bugaboobear's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

Something about the 3 perspectives was interesting, but broke the pacing and tension. Every chapter I would have to reorient myself as to who's talking now and it pulled me out of the story.

The last few chapters are full of reveals, but none of them hit like they should. It feels like a tacked on happy ending that's out of place with the rest of the book. 

The plot itself was interesting, but the tension you expect from this kind of story dissipated around half way through the book. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Child abuse, and Miscarriage

isotope_s's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy, Murder, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Suicide, and Confinement

Minor: Violence, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Abandonment

lyla_wicks's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

this was a good book and it did have an interesting premise, but a lot of it felt quite predictable and i was expecting a lot bigger of a twist by the end of it. i did like how it had interesting, and unreliable characters, but i was a bit confused with the continous pov switching and timeline of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Rape and Adult/minor relationship