Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

94 reviews

kry_yang's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.0

very dark and disturbing. idk what compelled me to finally read this but tbh i should have DNFed it halfway through because i found the protagonist sooo irritating. many CWs for this book so read with caution

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Gore, Medical content, Body horror, Murder, Child death, Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

lvosler21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Addiction, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Torture, Infidelity, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Self harm, Sexual violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Terminal illness, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

hanbu's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Self harm, Rape, Kidnapping, Gore, Drug use, Classism, and Child death

mads1706's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Self harm, Body horror, Vomit, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gore

majjuniejuli's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Misogyny, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Addiction, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Gore, Grief, and Murder

tkhenry99's review against another edition

3.0

this is a book you like despite the writing, not because of it

i personally thought the sex stuff was all very weird and randomly placed. thought it was even worse how often camille is looking at 13 year old girls breasts/bodies and assessing them??? 

and the cutting words into her skin didn’t make any sense to me. with a steak knife? on her back? between her toes? were all these words upside down and sideways????

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Murder, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Gore, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Violence, Animal cruelty, Medical content, and Suicidal thoughts

dollyshouse97's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Drug use, Child death, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Self harm, Sexual content, Medical content, Gore, Blood, Murder, Medical trauma, and Kidnapping

smixter88's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

I don't really know how to put my review into words. It's a very intense, dark, and disturbing book. I was unsure I'd be able to finish it. I did not read what this book was about. I saw the cover and one quote on the front of the book. That's what I get for judging a book by the cover. It's a bad habit I have. I put the book down telling myself I wasn't going to finish. In fact I opened another book up and started to read it. While reading the other book, I kept thinking about this one and if justice was served. That's when I found myself reading this book again. Her writing is great. She really knows how to draw you in. Had I known what was in this book, I wouldn't have read it. I can't say that I'd recommend it unless you have absolutely zero triggers because this book is full of them. Almost every page has one. This is her debut novel. What a way to start your career. It's hard for me to rate this book. Did she suck me in? Yes. Did it disturb the hell out of me? 1,000% yes. Did I enjoy the book? Unknown. Will it live rent free in my head for far too long? Yup. I usually have a star rating system, but I can't use that for this book, because by no means does it need to be up on someones TBR. Unless you absolutely can leave your feelings and your stomach at coat check. I'll be rating it based on her writing, her ability to grab my attention, and need more. For that I have to give her five stars. Read at your own risk. Check the trigger warnings and READ what the book is about before you crack it open. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Sexual content, Torture, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Drug use, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Chronic illness, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Alcoholism, Homophobia, Mental illness, Self harm, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

mickraine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Self harm, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Gaslighting, Drug use, Child abuse, Vomit, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Death, Chronic illness, Child death, Blood, Abandonment, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Bullying

Moderate: Body shaming, Suicide, Animal death, and Cursing

bmahaffy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

Great story from Gillian Flynn but I have to admit that the self-harm and the child abuse in the book made me quite uncomfortable. And, usually, I'm not all that difficult to rattle. Maybe that's a good learning exercise for me in terms of stretching my own awareness of the self-harm issue.

But do heed the content warnings in this case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Child abuse, Child death, and Gore