Reviews tagging 'Medical trauma'

Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

12 reviews

katerinamckenna's review

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Stalking, Child death, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, and Confinement

Moderate: Pregnancy, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Miscarriage, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Medical trauma

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

Good, creepy thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

xbookishlibra's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

This book was an insane roller coaster. Like… Wow. 

Honestly though? I was right about a lot of it which is something I both love and hate. Since I was right, there wasn’t a whole lot of plot twists for me? But it was a good book nonetheless and a very good thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

Minor: Medical trauma

cdoubet's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Child death, Medical trauma, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

Minor: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Animal death, Death of parent, and Toxic relationship

nataliehansen's review

dark mysterious sad

2.5

Wow. I feel just awful sadness and horror after reading this book. It was horrific. I wasn’t aware of all the triggers going into this book, so reader beware. It was so heavy and dark, that’s all I can think about. Please check triggers before reading, I wish I did. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Confinement

grace_lynn08's review

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking

sprinumter's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

This is more than just a 4.5 star review! The read was dark, mysterious, emotional, and thrilling- however there were many points where the story was very predictable (hence the 4.5 not 5) as in I knew what the next plot twist was going to be.  Regardless, it is one of the most interesting stories I’ve read in a while and very much enjoyed how fast paced and easily digestible the content was.  Poppy is my favorite character of them all and I enjoyed the multiple viewpoints from the various characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Violence

_terah_hansen_'s review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Medical trauma, Confinement, Murder, Body horror, Child abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Stalking

mlthomas234's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Spoiler

This book absolutely devastated me, in a way I was not expecting or prepared for. First, it’s an excellent thriller from start to finish. The storytelling is layered, the characters are complex (not to mention deeply flawed), and the emotional pull only gets stronger as you move through the story, up to the very last words. 

Other things I liked: the differences in narrative voice are very well done. Though the story begins to shape up fairly early (in the first third) I was still fully engaged throughout the rest, as answers only opened up more interesting  questions. The writing itself was also very lyrical and nice. Read this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Child death, and Abandonment

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Stalking, Violence, Grief, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent

alexgieske's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-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: Toxic relationship, Torture, Murder, Grief, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Animal cruelty, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Infertility, Gaslighting, Confinement, Child death, Blood, Violence, Rape, Child abuse, and Animal death