Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

22 reviews

katerinamckenna's review

2.5

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Pregnancy

kimveach's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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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Good, creepy thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

xbookishlibra's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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This book was an insane roller coaster. Like… Wow. 

Honestly though? I was right about a lot of it which is something I both love and hate. Since I was right, there wasn’t a whole lot of plot twists for me? But it was a good book nonetheless and a very good thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Suicide, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

Minor: Medical trauma

cdoubet's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Sexual content, Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent

nataliehansen's review

2.5

dark mysterious sad

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Wow. I feel just awful sadness and horror after reading this book. It was horrific. I wasn’t aware of all the triggers going into this book, so reader beware. It was so heavy and dark, that’s all I can think about. Please check triggers before reading, I wish I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Pregnancy

grace_lynn08's review

3.75

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Pregnancy

sprinumter's review

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This is more than just a 4.5 star review! The read was dark, mysterious, emotional, and thrilling- however there were many points where the story was very predictable (hence the 4.5 not 5) as in I knew what the next plot twist was going to be.  Regardless, it is one of the most interesting stories I’ve read in a while and very much enjoyed how fast paced and easily digestible the content was.  Poppy is my favorite character of them all and I enjoyed the multiple viewpoints from the various characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy

_terah_hansen_'s review

1.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder

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

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