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Natten Tallulah Murray försvann by Lisa Jewell

8 reviews

thissagreads's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

4.0

This kept me guessing until the very end! This novel had well thought-out and detailed characters, accompanied by a slow-brewing mystery. A solid piece of work by Lisa Jewell, and the narrator brought the story full circle. The pace was slow, but well-timed and includes lots of details that all mean something at some point in the story. Would definitely recommend this audio read if you’re on a road trip! It received an Audie Nomination for a reason, and you won’t be disappointed! 
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miarae's review against another edition

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dark 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? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Really enjoyed the writing style and I look forward to reading more by this author.
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shamaramill's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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rochelleisreading's review against another edition

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mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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james1star's review against another edition

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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

2.5

Ugh this was going so well. Like full on 4-5 star potential. But then it just went so down hill and so quickly. Why?!? 

Anywho, in this we follow a tri-POV from Kim, a woman who’s teenage daughter goes missing one night after going out with her boyfriend at the time it happened, Sophie an author who’s recently moved to the village as the girlfriend of the new headmaster at a school for rich kids who have no where else to go in the most up to date time, and finally Tallulah the teenage mother who goes missing in the further time frame as she tells her story of what went down. After she goes missing, Kim is certain her daughter wouldn’t abandon her young son Noah so is determined to did what happened. Sophie sees a sign saying to ‘dig here’ when she arrives and in doing so the case of the missing teenagers is reopened so she leaves her crime writing to do some irl investigating. Tallulah is dealing with being a new, young mum but also wants what the other girls her age have and maybe she finds this in Scarlett, a girl who knows what she wants and how to get it. She starts a relationship back with her baby daddy Zach and his hopes of a new life as a family but becomes ever more controlling. So yh I think that’s all of the plot I’ll say. 

The writing and suspense was definitely there, I was intrigued and just had to read on. It is very slow paced but I was still interested in what was happening, mostly Tallulah’s parts despite my huge hatred of Scarlett, but I guess as it went along the pacing was just getting a bit jarring. Like I said, it started so well and it made me feel panicky and rather claustrophobic too which was probably the best part: the way it made me feel I mean. Things are rehashed so many times which is just annoying making it drag on and on. The emotional/domestic abuse storyline I think was portrayed well in how things slowly add up but things to do with it just didn’t make sense - I think I’ll post a whole YouTube review soon which’ll contain spoilers and I can fully share my thoughts. In a similar vein, ugh the last 20-ish% and ending was soooo bad and unbelievable like just what? Huh? How? Lisaaaa what was that? And for what? 

Anyways I’m done with this for the moment, I don’t care to review anymore of this. I liked it but then I hated it, do with that as you wish. I wouldn’t recommend it but I am intrigued to pick up another Jewell read in the future. 
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jen1804's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A really good thriller, really fast paced.
I wasn’t able to work out what was going on, and I like when a thriller is not predictable.
It would have been 5 stars, only there were a couple of spelling/grammar errors which always throws me off, and I found the ending actually a little bit bizarre.
Satisfactory ending? Kinda.
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amyhamilton's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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shadybookdragon's review against another edition

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4.5

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