A review by haveyseentis
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

I didn’t really like it. This book is creepy for the sake of being creepy and doesn’t really say much. Some people are into that but what I seek in horror is the psychological component of it and the things that were the heart of what make this book horror did not feel well developed enough for me to constitute a story that was believable. A lot of what is discussed made me sick to my stomach but that was it.I felt very removed from the trauma of it all and the way the story was delivered with multiple points of view felt distracting. I preferred one particular point of view and all the rest took me right out of the story. 
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