Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Watching You by Lisa Jewell

5 reviews

brenxbee's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Child abuse

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Suicide, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

nicolemichaela's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Stalking, and Suicide attempt

norwegianforestreader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

raleyr's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, and Domestic abuse

thet0meraider's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

3.75

I can't say I'm disappointed with this book, but it wasn't utterly surprising either. I like my murder mystery thrillers to keep me engaged from the start and to shock me in the end, and that didn't occur with this novel.

It took me quite a while to get really interested in what was going on. Watching you starts with one of the main characters, Joey, who is also the person I ended up liking the least, so I had a bit of a hard time to get invested in the story. As the plot progressed, though, I just found myself wanting to know more and more about the characters.
Jewell did a good job at crafting a misleading story, one that successfully steers the reader in a certain direction just to shock them in the last few chapters with the grand revelation. This being said, I can't say i'm completely satisfied (hence the 3.75 stars instead of 4) due to the fact that I guessed the plot twist at about 80% of the book. I think at that point it was quite obvious - yet again, this could be just a by-product of my "experience" as a person who reads almost exclusively thrillers (at a certain point, themes and schemes become sort of recurrent). In spite of this, I couldn't put it down in the end. I knew what was going to happen, but I wanted to know how and i was definitely happy with what Jewell did. 

I would totally recommend this. In the end it will have you angry, furious with life's injustice and quite understanding towards the culprit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse