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cdhotwing's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
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
1.5
dunnadam's review against another edition
2.0
They said this was dark. [b:Gone Girl|21480930|Gone Girl|Gillian Flynn|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1406511734s/21480930.jpg|13306276] was dark, this was pitch black. Ritual sacrifice, child molestation and jokes about babies in a blender pitch black.
The pacing was good, more so in the present tense than in the past, I finished the book quickly. I would agree there were no likable characters, though they were all vivid.
There's something incredibly disturbing about a mystery where when you get to the end, after searching for answers for all those pages, you come across something worse than you could have imagined.
On the ending, I'm reminded of the last scene in the movie Fargo where the woman cop comes across the men shoving a body into a wood chipper and she asks them, incredulously, "And for what? For a little bit of money. There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don't you know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well, I just don't understand it."
I don't understand it, and I don't want to.
The pacing was good, more so in the present tense than in the past, I finished the book quickly. I would agree there were no likable characters, though they were all vivid.
There's something incredibly disturbing about a mystery where when you get to the end, after searching for answers for all those pages, you come across something worse than you could have imagined.
On the ending, I'm reminded of the last scene in the movie Fargo where the woman cop comes across the men shoving a body into a wood chipper and she asks them, incredulously, "And for what? For a little bit of money. There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don't you know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well, I just don't understand it."
I don't understand it, and I don't want to.
paulmichaelpeters's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoy the authors ability to write compelling characters. What might traditionally be a plots left to afternoon talk shows, shine in her hands. There is something very gritty and real that I enjoy in this book as well as that other one... what was it... GONE GIRL! I shouldn't enjoy it, but I do, and she taps into that part of the readers mind very well.
Yes! By all means, pick up a copy and enjoy!
Yes! By all means, pick up a copy and enjoy!
cozmicdotcom'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
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, Child death, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Drug use
Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse
hollydestefano's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-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? Yes
3.75
Took me a while to get into it, but once I did I was hooked
soft_goth's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
fast-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
4.5
d1shax's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-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
the entire book is so creepy, horrifying and nightmarish. i have seen some people having issues with the fact that this book has three different povs, but it worked really well for me and i genuinely enjoyed reading the past povs, especially patty's.
ben's pov was the worst for me. while they were extremely well written and flynn did a wonderful showing his violent thoughts increase as he's pushed to his limits, trey and diondra made it impossible for me to enjoy them. i dont need characters to be likeable to enjoy a novel, but trey and diondra were too fucking annoying. im sure that if there was a book with their pov, I would treat them with the same complexity I treated libby with, but in the book , these two characters come off as one dimensional.
patty is someone i rooted for through out the novel. the more I read her chapters, the more I felt for her and the impossible situation she was in. her povs were so miserable and sad that it makes sense to me why she did what she did. i realized she had something to do with the murders (even thought I didn't know what) after i read a few of her chapters, so for me, it was like witnessing her reaching her breaking point and how this would lead to a tragedy.
the main character, libby was really unlikeable at the start (just like the author intended) but she grew on me extremely fast. her povs were the most entertaining. idk what to think about ben and his gf tho. while i was feeling really sad for him at the beginning, finding out that he just stood by while his weird satanic gf murdered his baby sister (the little menace) just rubbed me the wrong way.
the ending was low-key annoying. while it makes sense, the impact would have been more if it was someone we knew (like trey or krissi's dad or runner). even ben and his satanic baby mama being the killers of all the family members would have had a larger impact than the actual ending.
I know two-three people who think the ending was really great and I understand their perspective , but a random man we only heard of once in the entire novel being the killer just made me go "uh... okay. maybe Len could have been the killer instead?"
over all, I really enjoyed reading this book, and im planning on reading sharp objects next. gillian flynn is a wonderful author.
ben's pov was the worst for me. while they were extremely well written and flynn did a wonderful showing his violent thoughts increase as he's pushed to his limits, trey and diondra made it impossible for me to enjoy them. i dont need characters to be likeable to enjoy a novel, but trey and diondra were too fucking annoying. im sure that if there was a book with their pov, I would treat them with the same complexity I treated libby with, but in the book , these two characters come off as one dimensional.
patty is someone i rooted for through out the novel. the more I read her chapters, the more I felt for her and the impossible situation she was in. her povs were so miserable and sad that it makes sense to me why she did what she did. i realized she had something to do with the murders (even thought I didn't know what) after i read a few of her chapters, so for me, it was like witnessing her reaching her breaking point and how this would lead to a tragedy.
the main character, libby was really unlikeable at the start (just like the author intended) but she grew on me extremely fast. her povs were the most entertaining. idk what to think about ben and his gf tho. while i was feeling really sad for him at the beginning, finding out that he just stood by while his weird satanic gf murdered his baby sister (the little menace) just rubbed me the wrong way.
the ending was low-key annoying. while it makes sense, the impact would have been more if it was someone we knew (like trey or krissi's dad or runner). even ben and his satanic baby mama being the killers of all the family members would have had a larger impact than the actual ending.
I know two-three people who think the ending was really great and I understand their perspective , but a random man we only heard of once in the entire novel being the killer just made me go "uh... okay. maybe Len could have been the killer instead?"
over all, I really enjoyed reading this book, and im planning on reading sharp objects next. gillian flynn is a wonderful author.
400iux's review against another edition
5.0
ok i saw everyone saying that the ending was horrible so i was prepared to be disappointed but as i got to the last 20 pages of the book i thought it was amazingggg and i was like how can you hate this book. but then i got to the last ten pages and now im mad AS FUCK!!! how dare she write such a good book and then end it like this like be fucking for real.
thinkertales's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
4.75