Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

80 reviews

alexgieske's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious sad fast-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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

book_adventures_with_angela's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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From the beginning, you know that this story centers around a young girl who went missing and how her disappearance affected her family around her. This book is NOT an “edge of your seat thriller” with twists and turns that you don’t see coming. It is more of a very dark mystery. Even though parts of this book was predictable, I was ok with it because I felt that the story was told well. There were parts of this book that were extremely tough for me to read because you find out the missing girls point of view and what she went through. I almost didn’t get through that part but I’m glad I pushed through. The very end of this book had me crying huge tears. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage

shellsshel's review

3.5

mysterious medium-paced

Loveable characters: Complicated

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Enjoyable read. Somewhat predictable.  

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death

maribsmith's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

cortnereads's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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Wild. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

alinas_'s review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Kidnapping, Stalking

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy

queenbutts's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy, Abandonment

Moderate: Animal cruelty

alinwonderland's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Kidnapping, Grief

nataliakolozsvari's review against another edition

4.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Loved this book! The plot was immensely interesting, a real page-turner. Prepare for sadness, though; it has really dark themes, not an easily digestable book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Infertility, Grief

rachelsbusyreading's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicide, Stalking