Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

333 reviews

zoe_o_'s review

1.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Unfortunately, this book ranks very low for me. This was a book club pick, and as soon as I started reading it, I was disappointed with the writing and dialogue styles. As the chapters go on, other characters' POVs start getting incorporated and any attempt to distinguish their voices is disappointing (ex. the Irish character's only difference is voice is the frequent incorporation of the word "bonny"). Despite the writing, I was interested in seeing where the story went. Unfortunately it went into some hard no areas for me (I will add appropriate content warnings). 
Given the intended audience ranges a little older, this book also falls prey to more traditional gender roles and the villanization of those who fall outside of them.

In the process of marking the villain as odd and "wrong" it is repeatedly emphasized that she is a virgin and that she has no mothering instinct at all.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Confinement, Death, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy

myrtle's review against another edition

3.5

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, Gaslighting

Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Murder

Minor: Body shaming

therewillbelight's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Infertility, Physical abuse, Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail

bskell's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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: Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Death, Death of parent, Pregnancy

kat_94's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia

taytayc23's review

3.75

dark emotional 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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Overall not a bad book. I liked how everything ended up tying together, but I had it figured out about half way through. I found myself hoping for more info on the family members rather than to protagonist. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy

taylorleilani's review

2.0

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol

lostinthelibrary's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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This was a pretty good thriller but not much of a mystery. I feel we were given too much information so that the reveals were pretty easy to predict before they happened. However, it was a chilling premise and I really liked the cast of characters and the fact that it was told from the perspective of a middle aged woman, a perspective that is sadly uncommon in popular books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Pregnancy

biblio_millie's review against another edition

2.5

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: No

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It’s a decent book but I knew what had happened at about 40% in and the rest was just finding out the details and character development. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Pregnancy

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape

mengzhenreads's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious 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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Pretty good, I thought the writing was really solid. The characters, Laurel's grief, and Ellie's disappearance felt really palpable and it was consistently well written  throughout the novel. It was definitely predictable, and its quite easy to figure out what happened when the book begins so while the writing was enjoyable, this book didn't really do anything new or innovative in the thriller-mystery genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Kidnapping

Moderate: Suicide, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy

Minor: Abandonment