Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

98 reviews

hewbear13's review

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Depression and sex. This book disturbed me by all the sex I went into it not knowing. It kept me intrigued but it also made me feel depressed because the whole thing was unsettling. Check trigger warnings there is a lot. There is also a decent amount of romance. I predicted it when I read it but I thought it would be Floyd’s sperm. Overall 3.5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol

ahranapiza's review

3.75

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, Abandonment

cloudwalkerbooks's review against another edition

3.5

dark sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty

heer_pluisje's review

3.75

dark emotional 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: N/A

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I listened to the audiobook. It was less tense than None of This Is True, rather medium-paced and not too predictable. I liked the speaker as well.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Physical abuse, Grief, Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Murder

shannontaylorcole's review

3.5

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: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Pregnancy

arthurbuttons's review against another edition

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So this book is beautifully written. The character of Ellie is delightful and the rest of Ellie's family is alright but flawed. I found it really really really difficult though. 

So Ellie is missing child. As it turns out she was kidnapped by her (female if it matters) maths tutor and kept in a basement. I didn't get a lot further than that but I think Ellie must have a child and then Ellie's mum, Laurel ends up in a relationship with the father of the child. I do feel bad for not persevering because obviously people suffer end are victims of crime so me feeling uncomfortable isn't that big a deal but the description of Ellie being locked up in the basement was too much for me.  I know it's not real but the idea that the poor child ending up having the baby, then I'm sure she was living in the basement while the baby was in the house. Ellie also returns to her home address at one point? And turns up dead in a woodland. It's incredibly dark and heartbreaking.

As I say the book is beautifully written, the characters are really deep and multi layered - like the characters are awesome - but it's far too dark for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Violence, Kidnapping

keepingtabss's review

2.5

mysterious 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: No

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An easy read, quick to get through. Saw the lot twist coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Violence, Kidnapping

gracey26's review

4.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Violence, Murder

vazquezm's review

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Abandonment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Dementia, Stalking

geesreadingcorner's review against another edition

4.5

challenging 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence