Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

105 reviews

sophieamreacher's review

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Brilliant, twisted, dark, sad. A real page turner. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

ashlyncherie's review against another edition

3.0

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Average mystery. I was able to predict most if not all of the plot twists. I didn’t expect such a strong family drama element, and I actually liked it because it  gave all the characters good dimension and the ending was actually hopeful because of it.

I don’t find it believable that Floyd had no idea about Ellie and Poppy. He was so sinister and strange from the beginning, so to find out that he was just dumb was annoying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail

kzarate's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy

dreamingofsmiles's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt

jesmardru's review

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment

megan_wy's review

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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An eerie and creepy thriller! I loved this twisted story. I also loved how things were tied together at the end of the book. It was easy to follow and quick to read (which I love). One thing I didn’t understand was the reasoning behind Hanna and Theo getting together? I don’t really think it served purpose to the plot. I felt hurt for Floyd at the end as well, and wished him and Laurel could have worked things out together. Even though I did understand why he did what he did. I predicted the plot as soon as Ellie mentioned her period though while in Noelle’s basement. So, the book seemed a little monotonous after that for me. Overall though, it was a great twisted thriller book that I really enjoyed! An interesting concept for a plot that they somehow made work with a good story!!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy

Minor: Mental illness, Medical content, Grief

egrupenhoff's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious sad tense 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: Yes

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Very dark but the writer wrote with such great suspense that it was hard to put down

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy

throwback682's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book started off fine, but then it started feeling corny and I liked it less and less through the middle… but I’m so thankful I held on because in part five it drew me straight back in and it finished extremely strong. I’m in tears and it earned a 4.5 in the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Terminal illness, Dementia, Stalking, Pregnancy, Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Murder

pernillelsk's review against another edition

2.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Death of parent

mummamyers's review

5.0

dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy