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The Night She Disappeared: A Novel by Lisa Jewell

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chelseamathh's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

4.0

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amyreads1709's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-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? No

4.75

Love love love, only reason why it isn’t a 5 star read is because I would have loved some further development at the end. Would have loved to known about the reunion

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thesetofu's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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giuliawanders's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I was hooked, I really wanted to know what happened.

I felt so sad that Tallullah wasn’t speaking to her mom about how horrible Zach was, I really wished she did. And I was so glad that Tallullah was saved in the end. I know they’re fictional but I was really into it.

I’ll be reading more of Jewell’s books in the future.

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yelloweyedbeta's review against another edition

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dark emotional lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

I am starting at notes and I cannot help but laugh at myself and how much I wanted it to be a queer thriller with a happy ending. I couldn’t put the book down. It wasn’t my first story of Lisa but it might be my favourite so far. Also: bi, pan, queer people exist.

“She’s a strong woman. A gay woman. A mother. A future social worker.”

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ecsolius's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.5

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sam_rm94's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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neko_reads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

well this wouldnt be my usual pick, I'm not really a thriller girl BUT this was a very good thriller though

for me this book is like a gradient between one part and the other.

and what I mean by that is I was pretty bored at the start of this book. i couldn't really get into it because I wasn't into the characters but at the same time, i get that you're not really supposed to like the characters. i felt like the first part was a lot of empty suspense and build up which is obviously important but, I just did not enjoy the first like 150-200 pages.

and then it slowly fades into the second part WHICH I REALLYY LIKED. listen, this book might not have had any big plot twist moments (for me at least), but i was still CAPTIVATED for like the second half of the book.

so that's why i kinda don't know how to describe my feelings lol, the first part is like a 2 stars but the last part is like 4/4.5 stars.

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james1star's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

Ugh this was going so well. Like full on 4-5 star potential. But then it just went so down hill and so quickly. Why?!?

Anywho, in this we follow a tri-POV from Kim, a woman who’s teenage daughter goes missing one night after going out with her boyfriend at the time it happened, Sophie an author who’s recently moved to the village as the girlfriend of the new headmaster at a school for rich kids who have no where else to go in the most up to date time, and finally Tallulah the teenage mother who goes missing in the further time frame as she tells her story of what went down. After she goes missing, Kim is certain her daughter wouldn’t abandon her young son Noah so is determined to did what happened. Sophie sees a sign saying to ‘dig here’ when she arrives and in doing so the case of the missing teenagers is reopened so she leaves her crime writing to do some irl investigating. Tallulah is dealing with being a new, young mum but also wants what the other girls her age have and maybe she finds this in Scarlett, a girl who knows what she wants and how to get it. She starts a relationship back with her baby daddy Zach and his hopes of a new life as a family but becomes ever more controlling. So yh I think that’s all of the plot I’ll say.

The writing and suspense was definitely there, I was intrigued and just had to read on. It is very slow paced but I was still interested in what was happening, mostly Tallulah’s parts despite my huge hatred of Scarlett, but I guess as it went along the pacing was just getting a bit jarring. Like I said, it started so well and it made me feel panicky and rather claustrophobic too which was probably the best part: the way it made me feel I mean. Things are rehashed so many times which is just annoying making it drag on and on. The emotional/domestic abuse storyline I think was portrayed well in how things slowly add up but things to do with it just didn’t make sense - I think I’ll post a whole YouTube review soon which’ll contain spoilers and I can fully share my thoughts. In a similar vein, ugh the last 20-ish% and ending was soooo bad and unbelievable like just what? Huh? How? Lisaaaa what was that? And for what?

Anyways I’m done with this for the moment, I don’t care to review anymore of this. I liked it but then I hated it, do with that as you wish. I wouldn’t recommend it but I am intrigued to pick up another Jewell read in the future.

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astoriareader's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

SYNOPSIS:

Tallulah & Zach are young parents, and they live with Tallulah’s mom & their newborn son. Tallulah is nineteen years old.
They go out on a date together, and they disappear. What happened?

MY THOUGHTS

I love anything by Lisa Jewell.
Although this one isn’t my favorite of hers, I still give it four stars.
Jewell is the master at character development.
Multiple POVs.
Easy to read.

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️another good one by Lisa Jewell.

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