Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Grown Up by Gillian Flynn

9 reviews

01melon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

 I thought I would like this book when I saw it because I really liked the author's previous works, but I wasn't prepared for how much I would appreciate it. It's a short story, but I thought it was really beautifully done. The book's opening sentence also greatly grabbed my interest. It was an exciting, gloomy, and chaotic read. It's absolutely worth a try for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Animal cruelty, and Emotional abuse

cookietheviking's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

4.5

Did not put it down and it's short enough that won't cause neck pain. A possibly paranormal mystery with a disillusioned grifter at the helm, I got the expected and unexpected in uncomfortably pleasurable measure. People are terrible. Sometimes, people are wonderful at being terrible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Abandonment, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity

readyuhbook's review against another edition

dark 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? It's complicated

1.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Confinement

Minor: Abandonment

cosmicpanda's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Vomit, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

bookishchaos's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I usually don't read short stories but this was actually pretty good. Not very believable but the plot twists were clever and caught me off guard. Great read for halloween!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Infidelity and Kidnapping

Minor: Vomit

lenkusia's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

“Books may be temporary; dicks are forever”

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, and Death

Minor: Animal cruelty

chaos_na_regale's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Murder, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, and Infidelity

voxelbee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

Moderate: Sexual content

Minor: Violence, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Murder, Confinement, Child death, Animal cruelty, and Cursing

fbzcab's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Sexual content, Suicide, and Vomit