Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

None of This is True by Lisa Jewell

48 reviews

elviraqc's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Murder, Domestic abuse, Alcohol, Violence, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, and Mental illness

heathermarie08's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

So good! Kept me on the edge of my seat, did not want to put it down. Audiobook was excellent.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Pedophilia

Moderate: Child abuse and Child death

Minor: Abandonment

astronautalia's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

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

toy_masterpiece's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

I don't know if I loved this entry in this genre. The style and structure was to die for but it was too up in the air and it never came down.

❗️Major Spoilers❗️

I wanted Josie to get caught. Then the truth was revealed in a hazy epilogue?

A good ride but I don't know if I'll be reading more thriller mysteries soon. It was a thrill though.

I would give it a lower score but I might just not like this genre so I bumped it up lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Violence, Child death, Murder, Abandonment, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pedophilia, Cursing, Gaslighting, and Sexual violence

Minor: Animal death

writer_egreene's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Violence, Child abuse, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Murder, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

gothlawyer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment and Child abuse

kelseyr713's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Lisa Jewell is a must-read for me, and her books keep me flipping pages without blinking because I NEED to know what happens next. This one is no different. The plot grips you and doesn't let go, with every chapter revealing a bit more tantalizing information that means you've got to read just one more chapter. This one has sequel potential too, with a few loose ends (who does the phone case belong to, for one).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Stalking, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abandonment, Confinement, and Blood

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

moni_manngard's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Rape, Stalking, and Abandonment

nap_queen's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse