Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

280 reviews

beckyremillard's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicide, Murder

bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Suicide

suetruong's review against another edition

5.0

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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This was so good. So many twists and turns. The story is about a girl who disappears and the impact it has on her mother. 10 years later, she meets a man named Floyd and they start dating. Soon after, she meets his daughter Poppy who looks almost identical to her missing daughter and the story unravels the mystery of what actually happened to her. Gives me The Lovely Bones vibes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder

jenn_reads's review against another edition

2.25

challenging dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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The mystery was not much of a mystery, it was exactly what you think is going on. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Abandonment

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death

aldenp's review against another edition

4.5

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Moderate: Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Stalking

Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage

ekmook's review against another edition

4.0

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy

rinahamon's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy

bookishvanessa's review against another edition

4.5

dark mysterious 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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On the way to the library one evening, Laurel's fifteen-year-old daughter Ellie mysteriously disappeared. Following Ellie's disappearance, Laurel's world falls apart and her marriage ends. Now, ten years later, Laurel is finally seeing hope for the future when she meets a charming man named Floyd and his young daughter, Poppy. I'll leave it there when it comes to summarizing the plot in order to avoid any potential spoilers.

Though I haven't read too many thrillers/suspense novels in 2021, this is definitely near the top of the list of those I have read! This is a very creepy, suspenseful story that Jewell crafted expertly, doling out tidbits of information here and there. Though a bit predictable, its ability to entertain me throughout made up for that. This is a book in which alternating points-of-view and timelines, as well as short chapters, works especially well. I really enjoyed seeing how all the pieces of this story came together in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide

the_savannahhumphrey's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

msennflinn's review against another edition

4.25

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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Abandonment