Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell

37 reviews

esv_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Blood and Murder

bethsbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

3.5 stars (which seems to be my average rating for anything these days).

This is a weird one. I really enjoyed the book. Gripping from the start, really enjoyed the characters (which is more than I can say about the last Jewell novel I read – The Night She Disappeared) and the ending wasn't easy to guess. But like every other Jewell novel I have read, we have massive plot holes, or as Jewell calls them in her acknowledgements: bloopers.

Authors, we've got to get it together a bit more these days. Churning out a book every year is amazing, but not at the expense of quality and plot holes. There is one huge question and method as to how to discover this mystery and it could have prevented all of this from happening. If Jewell had tied that together I would have been much much more convinced.

That being said, I liked the flow of this novel. Although the dual POV and the switching up of narration POV was confusing at times, I got into the rhythm. Although Owen Pick was questionable at best, I did enjoy his chapters and reading about his weird and twisted insight into the world. He has this baby-faced evilness about him which I don't think I've read about before in a book.

I wish we got to go a little more into the psyche of Cate and Roan, and maybe even Georgia, but I enjoyed being in their home as they went about their day. Overall, it was a gripping mystery that is worth a read even for the entertainment of trying to figure out whodunnit.

Plot: 8/10
Characters: 8/10
World-building: 6.5/10
Pace: 7/10
Writing: 7/10
Diversity: 6/10
Ending: 5/10
Enjoyment: 8/10

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

crazytourists_books's review against another edition

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

2.5

I thought it would never end.. 200 pages too long and full of boring details and descriptions. 
Felt like a chore to be honest, and I only finished it as it was a book club choice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity

Moderate: Child abuse, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

sare1125's review against another edition

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexism and Stalking

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Sexual assault

bekahperson's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

katiedenham's review against another edition

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

nanirump's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I listened to this as an audiobook, and it was very engaging and well performed. I liked the character arc of Owen . Saffyre was harder to understand with her lack of communication and hiding out. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

amorg2013's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Sexism, and Stalking

Moderate: Child abuse, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

amf_01's review against another edition

emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

jkar7's review

mysterious sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

It was okay. A bit slow for me and a lot of it seemed a bit far fetched. Like I'm supposed to believe that they live in a big metro, big enough to have a tube station, yet the same half-dozen characters continually run into each other at all hours? Meh. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Rape, and Gaslighting

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Excrement