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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
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Intrigued by the mystery but thought pretty basic police procedure could've avoided the whole thing. Ellie's tutor living on the street she disappeared from should've made her immediately suspect in her kidnapping.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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:
Yes
4.25 ⭐️
Gripping, just absolutely gripping! I could not put this book down. This was such a heartbreaking story and left me feeling very emotional. It is so much more than just a story about a missing teenage girl. I also really loved that we got to see multiple perspectives and timelines - it was so emotional reading from the perspective of Ellie and experiencing what she went through - so tragic 😢 but the way Lisa Jewell wrote this was fantastic and I cannot wait to read more from her!
Gripping, just absolutely gripping! I could not put this book down. This was such a heartbreaking story and left me feeling very emotional. It is so much more than just a story about a missing teenage girl. I also really loved that we got to see multiple perspectives and timelines - it was so emotional reading from the perspective of Ellie and experiencing what she went through - so tragic 😢 but the way Lisa Jewell wrote this was fantastic and I cannot wait to read more from her!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping
Moderate: Murder, Pregnancy
dark
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Pregnancy
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Kidnapping
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, 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
emotional
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
Well written and suspenseful. Definitely kept me hooked until the very end. Plot twist was very unexpected and made the plot of the last half just very weird
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Stalking
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Miscarriage
dark
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: Confinement, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy
Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Grief, Murder
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent
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
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death