Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

The Girls in the Garden by Lisa Jewell

18 reviews

sydvaldez's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Toxic friendship, and Blood

Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Physical abuse, Sexism, Violence, Sexual content, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Injury/Injury detail

morgbb's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

jessiejonesbentley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Bullying, Drug use, and Emotional abuse

reading_binosaur's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

By the middle you can get an idea of what happened to Grace, but there’s still plenty of twists that keep you on the edge of your seat. 

Really puts into perspective who you want to be around your kids. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Pedophilia

butilikeit's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Drug use, Alcohol, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Sexual content, Medical content, Abandonment, and Pedophilia

ariel_marie's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

It’s been awhile since I’ve read a suspense/thriller, let alone Lisa Jewell. I’ve always loved this author but this story was not one of my favorites. The characters were well developed but the excitement/thrill of the story was quite low. I did really enjoy all the background information provided on the characters and how it allowed for multiple people to be side-eyed. I enjoyed the ending - which is all I will say otherwise I will spoil it. If you’re going to check out Lisa Jewell, don’t start with this book! This story does not do her justice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Bullying, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pedophilia, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual assault

shannonc8299's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic friendship, Bullying, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Rape, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Mental illness, Murder, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Alcohol

minimicropup's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

Atmosphere: 👌 This story couldn’t have taken place anywhere else. The park and surrounding homes were a vital character, and the scenes brought to life so well - both for the environment and how people let their guard down in such familiar, communal settings. 

Main POVs: 👌
-a parent with a 12 and 13 year old who is kind but distracted and exhausted, dealing with the hospitalization of their spouse who has paranoid schizophrenia
-a parent with one preteen and two teens who is well-meaning in homeschooling and insulating their family from the world, but results in them letting their guard down and missing glaring red flags. They are lenient with the hopes of their children growing up to be unashamedly their true selves…but they have never considered if those true selves may be rotten ones
-a 12 year old younger sibling who is observant, intuitive, and unfailingly loyal to their family but suspicious of strangers

Reading Journey: 👌
Riding through the neighbourhood in a golf cart on a crisp, relaxing summer day. 

Show’n’tell: 👌 Perfect show - I wasn’t just in the characters heads I briefly became them. Includes a little map of the park and houses. 

Great match if you like:
-neighbourhood mysteries
-dark cozy mystery 
-coming-of-age drama
-nostalgic summer energy
-people giving off creepy vibes behind closed doors
-teens behaving badly

Vibes: 🙂😲🤭

Format: Kindle Unlimited

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury and Medical content

Minor: Drug use, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Alcoholism

Medical content is related to diabetes and paranoid schizophrenia. Adult/minor relationships are inferred and suspected

but only one occurs and it is not sexual or graphically described

. Drug use involves experimentation and overdose

including fatal

. Fire is of a house and related to schizophrenia and touches on

loss of irreplaceable items, charring of the home, is visited once, but no loss of life or human/animal injury

. Sexual content is

between 13 year olds experimenting and is not assault or forced

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haleybre's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Alcohol

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, and Infidelity

a_alves00's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Murder, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, and Sexual content