Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

104 reviews

takotsubo's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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 horror, Gore, Murder, and Blood

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Child death, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Violence

chaos_na_regale's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Animal death, Murder, Gun violence, Body horror, Death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

melmertsis's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This was my ‘Blind Date with a Book’ book from Upper Street Bookshop! ✨ 

I am SO upset that this didn’t end up as much of a thrill as I expected 🥺 The beginning was gripping and I thoroughly enjoyed the differing perspectives (flicking between current Libby’s and past Ben/Patty’s perspectives). 
But I’m so cross with the ending 😂 I think there was such a big build up for it to fall short.

It was messed up that Patty felt she had to hire someone to kill her, and that Diondra got Michelle, obviously, but it made a lot of sense in the end 😫

This one definitely requires many content warnings, which I’ll include below! 

3.5 out of 5 stars for me ✨ Thank you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Death, Drug use, Gore, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, and Pedophilia

tjmitrovic's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Cursing, Animal death, Gun violence, Murder, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Violence, Blood, Drug use, Gore, and Vomit

ettapopek's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Amazing book with lots of interesting characters, complicated backstories, and a mind blowing twist at the end! One of my favorite Gillian Flynn books for sure.  Book is definitely dark and creepy. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Gore, Death, Drug use, Animal death, and Violence

crocodilerocklobster's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Death, Violence, Gore, Grief, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Cursing, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Drug use, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer, Racism, Sexual content, Abortion, and Miscarriage

celina246's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

2.5

This book was intense. It felt a bit like the shock value outweighed the actual plot, so that the mystery was just background to the gore, violence and tragedy. I can’t see myself wanting to read this again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Classism, Pregnancy, and Grief

kelseywish's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-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? Yes

4.0

This book was captivating but extremely dark. So much detail in the lead up and had the reader guessing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Gore, Child death, and Drug abuse