Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell

13 reviews

esv_'s review

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood and Murder

bethsbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5 stars (which seems to be my average rating for anything these days).

This is a weird one. I really enjoyed the book. Gripping from the start, really enjoyed the characters (which is more than I can say about the last Jewell novel I read – The Night She Disappeared) and the ending wasn't easy to guess. But like every other Jewell novel I have read, we have massive plot holes, or as Jewell calls them in her acknowledgements: bloopers.

Authors, we've got to get it together a bit more these days. Churning out a book every year is amazing, but not at the expense of quality and plot holes. There is one huge question and method as to how to discover this mystery and it could have prevented all of this from happening. If Jewell had tied that together I would have been much much more convinced.

That being said, I liked the flow of this novel. Although the dual POV and the switching up of narration POV was confusing at times, I got into the rhythm. Although Owen Pick was questionable at best, I did enjoy his chapters and reading about his weird and twisted insight into the world. He has this baby-faced evilness about him which I don't think I've read about before in a book.

I wish we got to go a little more into the psyche of Cate and Roan, and maybe even Georgia, but I enjoyed being in their home as they went about their day. Overall, it was a gripping mystery that is worth a read even for the entertainment of trying to figure out whodunnit.

Plot: 8/10
Characters: 8/10
World-building: 6.5/10
Pace: 7/10
Writing: 7/10
Diversity: 6/10
Ending: 5/10
Enjoyment: 8/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

dslifeloves's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.0

think i’m falling out of my lisa jewell phase, which is a shame. while having wildly different plots, her stories all have the same formula feel of like.. woman w a shitty husband, insane things start happening around them after a shift in their life/relationship and then some third act plot twist w a character who was mentioned briefly on page twenty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Blood, and Stalking

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

hannahwoodson's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Infidelity, Mental illness, and Blood

saraavowlerr's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

pippamillerxoxo_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

e_vaar's review

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Self harm and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood

t_higgsreviews's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

5 Stars
CAWPILE = 9.04

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Medical content, Stalking, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Vomit, Grief, and Death of parent

beca_reads's review

dark 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

3.5

Not as good as the family upstairs, but was still a fun fast paced mystery/ Family Drama. I predominantly listened to this as an audiobook. I would say that the book also did a good job of highlighting Incel culture and the realities of it, It was clearly well researched. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment