Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

The Night She Disappeared, by Lisa Jewell

20 reviews

hzamrzla's review against another edition

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? No

4.0

I don’t read many murder-mystery novels but this one was great! The flaws and interior lives of the characters drove the plot, and while the framing device seemed a little unnecessary, the main mystery was compelling! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Confinement, and Abandonment

Moderate: Grief and Homophobia

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

caterina_1212's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Kept me gripped but also stressed me the fuck out 

Spoiler

I need to stop reading her, 2 women held captive so far

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Bullying, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia

edgaranjapoe's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Cursing, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Homophobia, Sexual assault, Blood, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

theimposter's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia

byemmabird's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

cross-posted from Goodreads:  I really, really enjoyed this one! I think about 75% of that enjoyment came from the incredible audiobook narrator, Joanne Froggatt (best known for her role as Anna Bates in Downton Abbey). The story itself was pretty good, and kept me on my toes. The characters were likable, if a bit basic. All in all a great experience.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Kidnapping

Minor: Homophobia

lauren610's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Hooked me almost from the beginning which has been hard to do recently! Loves the queer representation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Homophobia

mikaelaandherbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Drug use, and Alcohol

Minor: Homophobia

halebugs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape and Drug use

Minor: Homophobia

hue's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

2.25

I feel like Tallulah was the only character truly interesting to follow. I was mostly bored whenever Sophie's POV was happening. It would've probably been better if it would've been shorter, or written more "compact". The story dragged on when there was nothing more to tell. At least the writing was good.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Homophobia

katyfortner's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-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

4.0

Lisa Jewell takes the reader on an mysterious ride where she flashes between past and present events. A young mother and her boyfriend go missing with no tracks or accounts of where they went. While the woman’s mother, Kim goes on the hunt for her. This book took me a while to get into it, but once it got to about the halfway point I could not put it down. I was so curious about what was going on and what was going to happen next. It definitely gave me anxiety and made me feel sad for some of the characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, and Homophobia

Minor: Sexual content