Reviews tagging 'Gore'

None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

11 reviews

mhinch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Child death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Incest, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Toxic relationship, and Violence

mecolem's review against another edition

4.0

A trippy read!  I actually really loved the ending, though I can see why others do not. Lisa Jewell does a great job painting a picture of the lives of the two women, Alix and Josie - well, at least as they perceive their lives.  Reading about their perspectives made me realize just how difficult it can be to be grateful for what we have and to consider others' backgrounds.  We all make assumptions, it's a natural and necessary social skill, and this book explores how those assumptions can be used against us.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, and Rape

girrllie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

2.0

Like binge watching a show and getting to the end and saying, “What did I just read?” A waste of my life even though the writing is excellent. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Stalking, Kidnapping, Grief, Child death, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Gore, Pedophilia, Torture, Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Incest, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

coco78337's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Abandonment, Child abuse, Child death, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Excrement, Pregnancy, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Pandemic/Epidemic

hols_s's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Stalking, Child abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Gore, and Gaslighting

everuth91's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Infidelity, Child abuse, Gore, Death, Eating disorder, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Physical abuse

booksgoodformysoul's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

Creepy, compelling, twisted, unsettling and disturbing, but very easy to fly through! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Gore, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Murder, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Blood, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

karolinaz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Confinement, Death, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Violence, Incest, Mental illness, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Body horror, Gore, Stalking, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

syazahaniss's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Suspenseful but pacing was on the slow side. I thought the revelations would be more on the plot twist types but the conclusion ended up being rather generic. The ending was also rather confusing - I get where the author was going but execution wasn’t that good.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Death

mklulux's review against another edition

fast-paced

4.0

Truly one of the best thrillers I have read in a long time. The audio format compliments the book so well with the podcast format.
As much as I enjoyed the overall plot, characters, rhythm and ambiance I have to say the victim blaming of a 13 year old child and the glossing over of the husband’s pedophilia made me really uncomfortable and was probably unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Murder, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse