Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

105 reviews

uw1mrsgilly's review

5.0

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

azp's review

3.0

challenging mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Kidnapping

sebnebula's review

3.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Lisa Jewell is a master in atmospheric writing, characterization, and making the most mundane moments so provocative and visceral. However, the mystery itself was over-explained and didn’t leave anything to the imagination, which it could have benefitted from. Can’t wait to read more from her!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Abandonment

soumya248's review

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The starting of the book was rather difficult to comprehend and follow but as the book went on it becomes extremely captivating, addicting and pulls you into the story like a finely woven web.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment

ahsatan82's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

Moderate: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship

tallyswrldd's review

5.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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if i could give this book 10 stars, i would. I'll be really surprised if any book tops this one as my favorite read of 2025, it's that phenomenal! it was harrowing, heartbreaking, beautiful, and addicting. it slowly shattered me in the best way possible. it was so hard to put this book down, and i can not recommend it enough!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder

bkarpowicz's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy

nlh1108's review

3.0

adventurous dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping

alibeanxela's review

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Interesting storyline but becomes somewhat predictable by the middle of the book. Not exactly a suspense read. But still a decent enough read. Not bad but not extraordinary.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy

vazquezm's review

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Dementia, Stalking