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Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

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pc_reader_sg's review

3.0
dark mysterious sad tense medium-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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holliharsh's review

3.0
dark sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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sarahmcollette's review

4.0
emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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alongwithanissa's review

3.75
dark emotional 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: Yes

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challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I had my hand over my mouth - either in shock or horror or sadness - for much of this book.  This is the darkest Lisa Jewell I’ve read so far, and incidentally my current favorite.    I devoured this book, and I’ll be agonizing about it for a while…

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emmakaryn's review

4.0
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

So many conflicting feelings about this book. It was a super fast read which I like, but it made me sick to my stomach with dread and sadness at certain points. I think that means it was really well written, but I of course don’t like feeling those things so I was torn on what to rate it. 

A lot of people have said it’s predictable and I agree to an extent, but I don’t think the goal of the book was to have a big crazy twist in terms of “who did it” I think the goal was to tell a really tragic story, which it did really well. And while the “main” crime was predictable, there were lots of other little pieces and additions that were not. 

The epilogue made me cry in public so be warned. 

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cjones12's review

4.0
fast-paced
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kwest_books's review

4.25
dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No

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dark emotional sad tense fast-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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