Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

92 reviews

obligatoryusername's review

2.75

dark mysterious 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: Complicated

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I guessed the ending within about an eighth of the book. It was a fast read and enjoyable but it was not as much of a surprise as I was led to believe it would be 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death of parent

angieinsp26's review

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent

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

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

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

kkrose97's review

4.5

mysterious 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: No

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Pregnancy

silkyteapot's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

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: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death of parent

Moderate: Pregnancy