Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Watching You by Lisa Jewell

14 reviews

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

t4tbookfairy's review against another edition

tense medium-paced

1.0

full of unlikable characters without many redeeming qualities - not much to like. Interesting plot twist and structure, disappointing ending and empty characters. I couldn’t get over the unchecked racism and fat phobia. Nope. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Fatphobia and Racism

taraswanson23's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, and Murder

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