Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

59 reviews

morganegrant's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death of parent, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

carousel's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Abortion, Bullying, Excrement, and Vomit

arielivshin's review against another edition

dark hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Murder, Blood, Child death, and Grief

eitheror's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Sexual content, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Child death, Death of parent, and Death

Moderate: Racism

There's a really gross loogie scene at one point in the book. I had to skip a paragraph. Great book otherwise tho

kostas's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

lamplight's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I don't know why I always end a Gillian Flynn story surprised that I love it because she's one of my favorite writers but. I loved this skdkgkg

She's just SO GOOD at writing stories about women for women. I always love to think about her article, "I was not a nice little girl", and the quote at the end that women's dark sides should be "nurtured like nasty black orchids." Like pop off queen!!!

I also don't know why I was surprised at the end that Deandra was involved, because it's always the women isn't it!!! There is no woman in this book that takes a background role and even though the murder is obviously grisly and horrible idk I just like that she does it. Women's evil is something that can be so personal

Also I love the hyperrealism of men being absolutely USELESS! In solving crimes, in contributing to the family, in pretty much every aspect of this story skfkfmt too many mystery / detective stories feature super smart men aware of their surroundings and... it's just not realistic. A man contributing? Doesn't sit right with me.

Anyway, loved this, thoroughly enjoyed her writing, and I'll probably keep thinking about it all next week because just... wow. Gillian Flynn knows how to write thrillers and mysteries and that's that on that. Would recommend if you're feeling miserable and feel like a grim Kansas farmtown would be a cathartic release for the misery

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Murder, Pedophilia, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

anb2300's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Sexual content, Gore, Blood, and Animal cruelty

abbeyhuffine94's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Death, Death of parent, Child death, Blood, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Grief, and Animal cruelty

strawberrysheepie's review against another edition

dark tense 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? No

5.0

Was eager to read more of Flynn’s work after loving Sharp Objects, and this one really satisfied me. Very clever novel , just when I thought I knew where it was heading it kept surprising me. I love Flynn’s writing style and characters, though it did feel a bit familiar to Sharp Objects (troubled woman with past trauma meets unlikely man who helps solve things) but I didn’t mind this. Loved it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Child death, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Blood, Grief, and Violence

anne311's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Abortion, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Cursing, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit