Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

199 reviews

ull's review

3.75

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Loveable characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy

autumnwhite's review

2.0

emotional mysterious slow-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: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol

brookey8888's review

3.75

dark emotional 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: Yes

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Look I’m not going to lie this was such a slow start and I didn’t care and thought about DNFing because I was so bored, but it did get more interesting and I actually cried doubting the ending, but that might be because of my PMS. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

kande0321's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Suicide, Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility, Miscarriage

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship

Minor: Cancer, Death of parent

mlthomas234's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book absolutely devastated me, in a way I was not expecting or prepared for. First, it’s an excellent thriller from start to finish. The storytelling is layered, the characters are complex (not to mention deeply flawed), and the emotional pull only gets stronger as you move through the story, up to the very last words. 

Other things I liked: the differences in narrative voice are very well done. Though the story begins to shape up fairly early (in the first third) I was still fully engaged throughout the rest, as answers only opened up more interesting  questions. The writing itself was also very lyrical and nice. Read this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent

raynaaskiverr's review

5.0

dark mysterious sad 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

esmith526's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping, Grief

Moderate: Miscarriage, Violence, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide

emmalizzz's review

4.5

emotional mysterious reflective 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

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Murder

irenemarie's review against another edition

4.75

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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 Ooof. Though the foreshadowing leads you directly through the plot, the writing, the character development, it keeps you turning those pages. I thought I would rate it lower because of the predictability, but when I felt my eyes water towards the final part, I knew it touched me too much to not rate it close to perfect. Look forward to investigating Lisa Jewell's other works. Her fantastic delivery has me hooked. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment