Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

Watching You by Lisa Jewell

20 reviews

ultravioletrose's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Mental illness, and Physical abuse

clarklyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

4.25

Don’t have any detailed thoughts about this one, I enjoyed reading it!  It kept me guessing which I was pleasantly surprised by!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

kshy's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

haleybre's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

yuidf's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Physical abuse and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide

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

haykat's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.5

The last third of this book had me hooked. Couldn’t put it down by parts three and four. 

For some reason, I didn’t feel hooked during the first half of the book. I’m not sure why. It could be just struggling to find time to read, but I also think the multiple characters and different viewpoints made it hard for me to follow. I could have used a little character-family-tree!

I would like to re-read the book, because maybe I’ll have more fun picking out any clues set forth in the beginning!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Mental illness and Stalking

I’d even venture to say that statutory rape is insinuated, based on the description of relationships between Mr. Fitzwilliam & students.

melissa_b_67's review against another edition

dark funny 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Gaslighting

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

grace33's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-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: Bullying, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Death and Stalking