Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

56 reviews

motherelectricity's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy and Drug use

Minor: Infidelity

kelseyr713's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Loved this twisty thriller. Not many loose threads left at the end, but enough for a final twist of the knife. I made a few predictions while reading and none of them were correct! I would be curious about a sequel, I think there’s certainly enough here for one.

Reread in 2022 before reading the sequel, yay!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Drug use, Stalking, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, and Physical abuse

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Homophobia

siob___'s review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

__whatemilyread's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Rape, Murder, Infidelity, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Miscarriage

Moderate: Child death, Animal death, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, and Mental illness

xsophiecat's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Blood, Death, and Infidelity

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Pedophilia

The premise was intriguing, but sadly the ending did not deliver the promises made earlier on. The concept of

the unreliable narrator

could have been used to greater effect; in actuality, what happened was

some slight confusion and meerest hint of danger

. Overall, I would have been far more satisfied with the weird, grotesque ending/explanation that was hinted at throughout, rather than the more timid ending given.

bookish_sabrina's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Confinement

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Animal death, Violence, Infertility, and Infidelity