Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

176 reviews

avitakaur's review

4.25

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder

teeptoreads's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious sad 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder

sisaacs's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-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, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder

curtinbrit's review against another edition

2.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Pregnancy, Abandonment

bbell99's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

Minor: Animal death, Death of parent

afrenette's review against another edition

1.5

dark tense slow-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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Gaslighting

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death

alymccaskill's review

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Easily one of my favorite books lately. At no point did I have a prediction for how something was going to pan out, which is exactly the kind of book I like to read. It’s painfully real and emotionally jarring. Lisa KNOWS how to write a villain the way real life does, like a regular person. You will go through all the stages of grief, yet love every minute of it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder

mlle's review

3.25

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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As someone with ADHD, the book kept my attention. It has short chapters with something new or something discovered at the end. It kept me engaged throughout the book because I wanted to know how it ended. However, that's pretty much it without spoilers. 

The events of what happened to the daughter is so sad but you can kind of see it coming if you are an avid reader of this genre. A good amount of this book is believable: the kidnapping, the Mom having a favorite child, her attempting to love again. However, what was unbelievable was that child Poppy (if I remember correctly) was so unnaturally mature it didn't make sense to me. The artificial insemination reminded me of Jane the Virgin, and the boyfriend not saying anything. I didn't like the ending for me personally- I like a chaotic mess but this was okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Kidnapping

Moderate: Grief

If you want one of those old school LifeTime movies that they play on Sunday nights in the mid 00's then this is it.

lauragoose's review against another edition

1.75

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Hard to finish. I'm not sure if the book intended to be surprising or shocking or with having "twists" but it's all plainly laid out. Slow pace. Sad inclusions of diet culture and toxic beauty stands. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment

crowray's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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i loved the twists in this book i hate when i can guess but a few of them really caught me by surprise. the characters felt fleshed out and human and the emotion and writing was brill. didn’t feel very tense apart from towards the end but that’s really the only thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual content, Terminal illness