Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

653 reviews

kittybee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Medical trauma, and Murder

crawforl's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Murder, and Alcohol

eswinther's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Murder

ckopack's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, and Suicide attempt

judyegallagher's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Classism

Minor: Cancer

gotto's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, and Murder

kingsamong's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

giavalfre's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

OH! This book had my attention jumping back and forth as I tried to figure out who and what was happening. 

Great read. Medium paced turns into a VERY fast paced as the knowledge of the reader escalates. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

rodent_scribbles's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

3.5

Really interesting premise and writing style but the ending left me dissapointed and the reveal of the true killer didn't make much sense given the previously established MO. 

That and

the whole concept of an evil child commiting brutal murders bc something something evil seed, something something sins of the mother just felt flat and boring. It would have been far more interesting thematically for the 2 sisters to learn to overcome their trauma at the hands of an abusive and murderous mother, each coping in their own violent way. Instead we got a somewhat nonsensical last minute plot twist that flattened Amma from 3 dimensional character into a cliche archetype.

Otherwise an intense and interesting read, just skip the last chapter.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Chronic illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Minor: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

colourado's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Self harm, and Murder