Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

125 reviews

stephriggs25's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape

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

chynnaaabrown444's review

4.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Sexual assault

Moderate: Suicide

_pauline's review against another edition

4.25

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

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I couldn’t put it down even though it was pretty predictable & had no shocking twists

I really wanted Ellie to somehow survive but I know it wouldn’t have made sense

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy

Moderate: Confinement, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Murder

ara_beg's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This was sooo fast paced and fun to read, and I REALLY wanted it to be a 5 star read, but in the end it did disappoint a bit. I wish there was more of a plot twist. Personally, I figured out the storyline just by reading the back of the book even before starting to actually read it. I was really wishing that there would be more to it, but in the end there wasn’t anything shocking revealed. The only twist I didn’t see coming was

that Hanna was seeing Theo

, and that wasn’t one bit significant to the storyline whatsoever, actually just a bit confusing why the author put that in there. There were some similar details in the book that just didn’t bear any significance and were a bit unnecessary. 

I feel like the writing was very good and I couldn’t put it down, was really intrigued. But it wasn’t a psychological thriller to me, more just like a devastating story about

a child being kidnapped and abused

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Rape, Grief, Death of parent, Murder

Minor: Animal death, Eating disorder, Miscarriage

hhanock's review

4.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death

Moderate: Child death, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping

Minor: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Stalking, Murder

allisonbew's review against another edition

1.5

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping

mikareads's review

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This book started off a bit slow for me but was fast-paced as soon as the plot picked up. It’s a very twisty, enjoyable read. It’s also my favorite Lisa Jewel book I’ve read. Highly recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Rape

kseaman's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Kidnapping