Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

333 reviews

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

meluelmil's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Really, really enjoyed this book. It was hard to put down, but I also kept stopping to write my thoughts and theories so I could look back on them and see if I was on the right track. I LOVE that the story was well concluded and the loose ends were all tied. AND IT ALL MADE SENSE! There were lots of surprises and scenes that made me gasp out loud without a lazy explanation (read: “it was mental illness” or “it was all a dream” or “it was all a coincidence”). Great story, great execution, great epilogue!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Infertility, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Abandonment

kimberlywilson's review

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

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I need to process everything I've read before giving an actual review. So many emotions. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Stalking

Moderate: Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Murder, Pregnancy

ash_cypher's review

3.5

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Stalking

Moderate: Child death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Murder, Pregnancy

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

eswinther's review

3.5

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective sad 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping

Minor: Pregnancy

nuh_thaan's review

4.5

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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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The thrills were so good with this one! It was such a fun and fast paced read. Even though I could predict some of the things that happened, it was a good time!

As we started to learn about the connection between Floyd and Noelle, it was very easy to sense that Noelle couldn't get pregnant. All the pieces fell into place as you knew the set up from the end result in the beginning of the book, but not necessarily the how or why.

How Ellie became pregnant really surprised me! I thought that Floyd was going to play a bigger part in that with Noelle, but it was really just her that was completely unhinged. The fact that she bought sperm and inseminated Ellie was appalling.

I also thought the end of Part Four was fascinating where Floyd was giving Noelle a gift, but Part Five really dropped the ball. It was too happy and easy for the characters. I wanted more drama and for it to keep up pace with the rest of the book. The fact that Blue said Floyd's aura was dark felt like it didn't really come into play.

Poppy was also an interesting character and acted so much older. I was hoping we'd find out more about why Floyd made the decisions she did.

Definitely recommend this one for people looking for a fast, fun, thrilling read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Torture, Abandonment

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy

leonleoff's review

3.25

dark mysterious sad 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: No

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I finished this book in one sitting. It was very good, albeit predictable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy

shyleek's review

3.5

challenging dark mysterious sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Her daughter was gone. Ten years later she was moving on...finally. But was her daughter as gone as she thought?

Very slow start and I didn't think it was going to pick up. Almost to the end I said out loud "well I still don't understand". Middle gave us all the info but the characters still didn't know. Then the last few pages were just like oh, what's the point of the book of the main character doesn't know guess I better tell her. 

Potentially a good story I just didn't enjoy the way it was presented.

Will not read again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Pregnancy

lexie_edmunds's review

4.5

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Suicide, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy