Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

175 reviews

laurapaige's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark mysterious 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: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

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

kjoy463's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder

Minor: Animal death

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

elianaosburn's review

4.0

dark emotional 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: Sexual assault, Kidnapping

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

alyssasarg's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark tense 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

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Kidnapping, Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

kwolfie's review

3.75

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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After reading none of this is true (which was amazing) this wasn't what I expected, but good nonetheless. It was an easy page turning thriller with predictable twists. The only thing I didn't predict was the Hanna situation, but it didn't end up being relevant really. It's an interesting approach, but I mostly enjoy being in the dark for thrillers with guessable but not obvious twists, think the silent patient. That being said, I read this in two days and didn't want to stop reading. The thing I found myself curious about wasn't solving the mystery itself, but how the characters would react to solving said mystery and how that would change their situation/relationship, which captivated me well enough. It was never boring and I was always curious about what would happen next, making this an easy thriller rec.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault

camischroeder's review

2.5

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

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i thought it was pretty predictable from the beginning

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault

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