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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:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy
dark
emotional
mysterious
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping
Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Animal death
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I don't understand the hype of this books. It was truly disturbing and the style of writing had me so confused throughout the book. But I would make my friends read it to know if Im just being overly critical. I'm not sure.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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:
No
4 ⭐️
Genre: Thriller
Age group : Adult
POV : First person & third person & multiple POV
Characters: 4.5/5 ⭐️
Plot: 3.5/5 ⭐️
Setting/Themes: 3/5 ⭐️
Writing: 3.5/5 ⭐️
Thrill factor: 3/5 ⭐️
• Please check TWs & CWs
• mature language, kidnapping, drugging, torture, starvation, chile abuse, forced pregnancy, violence, murder, death, loss of a loved one, gore, suicide, guns
• HEA (as happy is it could get after a horribly heartbreaking traumatising event)
“To anyone who finds this note [it begins], my name is Ellie Mack.
I am seventeen. None of them must feel bad about what happened to me because I am brave and I am brilliant and I am strong.
Yours sincerely,
Ellie Mack”
Let me start by saying this was quite great. I will say that it’s extremely triggering and would advice everyone to search up thorough trigger warnings before venturing into this book. It was a good thriller and the way the story unfolded to readers before it did to characters in the book was good. I’m assuming it’s a deliberate play of the author’s. I liked it. The author references the kidnapping of Colleen Stan but this reminded me of the Fritzl case. Truly horrifying.
Then She Was Gone is the heartbreaking story of a family dealing with grief, the devastating story of a mother who lost her golden child, the terrifying story of how sick lengths some individuals will go to appease themselves and a keep someone tied to them, the story of a mentally bothered man who was nothing but a child to hold on to and the dark secrets he buries, ultimately it’s a story of gore, grief and the audacity. (I mean this in the meanest way possible, sick sick Noelle,SICK SICK Floyd)
Overall, I recommend. If you’re looking for a great thriller, give this one a try.
Genre: Thriller
Age group : Adult
POV : First person & third person & multiple POV
Characters: 4.5/5 ⭐️
Plot: 3.5/5 ⭐️
Setting/Themes: 3/5 ⭐️
Writing: 3.5/5 ⭐️
Thrill factor: 3/5 ⭐️
• Please check TWs & CWs
• mature language, kidnapping, drugging, torture, starvation, chile abuse, forced pregnancy, violence, murder, death, loss of a loved one, gore, suicide, guns
• HEA (as happy is it could get after a horribly heartbreaking traumatising event)
“To anyone who finds this note [it begins], my name is Ellie Mack.
I am seventeen. None of them must feel bad about what happened to me because I am brave and I am brilliant and I am strong.
Yours sincerely,
Ellie Mack”
Let me start by saying this was quite great. I will say that it’s extremely triggering and would advice everyone to search up thorough trigger warnings before venturing into this book. It was a good thriller and the way the story unfolded to readers before it did to characters in the book was good. I’m assuming it’s a deliberate play of the author’s. I liked it. The author references the kidnapping of Colleen Stan but this reminded me of the Fritzl case. Truly horrifying.
Then She Was Gone is the heartbreaking story of a family dealing with grief, the devastating story of a mother who lost her golden child, the terrifying story of how sick lengths some individuals will go to appease themselves and a keep someone tied to them, the story of a mentally bothered man who was nothing but a child to hold on to and the dark secrets he buries, ultimately it’s a story of gore, grief and the audacity. (I mean this in the meanest way possible, sick sick Noelle,SICK SICK Floyd)
Overall, I recommend. If you’re looking for a great thriller, give this one a try.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Pregnancy
Moderate: Death, Suicide, Violence, Murder
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Kidnapping
Moderate: Death
Minor: Animal death, Suicide
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I did finish the book in less than a day, which I feel is some testament to the book itself - the pace was good for me, enough sort of mystery and intrigue to keep it going. I sort of predicted the ending but not fully; I wasn’t disappointed with it at all. Overall it was not literary genius but I found it an easy read that had me asking questions. The characters were not loveable but in some senses I appreciated this - they were flawed, and a lot of the thoughts Laurel had were very human and I liked that she wasn’t painted to be a perfect mother.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping
Moderate: Death, Suicide, Murder
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death
Moderate: Death
Minor: Suicide
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Violence
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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:
No
I didn’t really like it. This book is creepy for the sake of being creepy and doesn’t really say much. Some people are into that but what I seek in horror is the psychological component of it and the things that were the heart of what make this book horror did not feel well developed enough for me to constitute a story that was believable. A lot of what is discussed made me sick to my stomach but that was it.I felt very removed from the trauma of it all and the way the story was delivered with multiple points of view felt distracting. I preferred one particular point of view and all the rest took me right out of the story.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Torture
Moderate: Child death, Suicide
Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Violence
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy
Minor: Child abuse, Gun violence, Suicide, Death of parent