Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Watching You by Lisa Jewell

22 reviews

brynhayes's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

kimveach's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

Even with figuring out "who dun it," I still raced through this thriller.  I tried listening to this on audio, but with characters named Jenna and Joey, I couldn't follow it.  It was much easier to read in print.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying

dejathor28's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

I enjoyed the different storylines, it helped keep the story interesting. I started this novel at the beginning of the year and could not get past the first few pages and shelved it. Last month, I decided to give the book another chance and I’m glad I did. The book was pretty predictable at times but it wasn’t unbearable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

somelatenightreading's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Pedophilia and Blood

wombat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, and Blood

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Death of parent, and Murder

sabretooth's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

SO GOOD! Great twist at the end…honestly just wish it was longer! Only reason I didn’t give it 5 ⭐️ was I wish the ending kept going, felt like the author could’ve written a bit more. But, that doesn’t affect the quality of the ending! Still a great book! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Bullying, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I finished this, but I'm not sure that I had to. Everything felt very formulaic and kind of unbelievable. It lacked that "what???" feeling that you hope to get from a thriller/mystery. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Stalking

Minor: Animal cruelty, Racism, and Car accident

If pregnancy is not great for you right now, probably skip this one. It has a lot of complicated feelings about it.

placebogirl's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Infidelity, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

rileysradreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty

ohmyohmaggie's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Clever, well-paced, functioning plot. I read this book in a day or two. I find a lot of mysteries kind of lose the plot towards the end and the ins-and-outs become hard to follow and bit far-fetched. But this made sense the entire time and I was satifisfied at the end. I felt like I was able to track the story and make my own predictions,  but yet it wasn’t a predictable plot, it was just well-thought through. A bit steamy too without being over the top.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment