Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

248 reviews

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

k_menard1129's review

3.5

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Stalking, Death of parent

Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Sexual content, Suicide

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

andrreaa's review

3.0

dark mysterious 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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It was predictable, but that's fine. It was still enjoyable. The writing style bothered me a bit and I just didn't really feel the whole "harrowing" aspect of the story? it just felt like someone was telling me what happened afterwards. It was still a quite enjoyable read though, especially since I don't read as many thrillers as I want to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Death

trycerabel's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy

jaeleneh's review

3.5

challenging 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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I think this is a good thriller for readers just getting into the genre. Some aspects can be predictable but I think that it has good twists that will catch you off guard and somewhat uneasy. 

There are some touchy subjects so check trigger warnings as with all books!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder