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The Grownup

Gillian Flynn

3.55 AVERAGE

mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

book starts off great keeping you hooked from the first sentence. 
As it goes on you don’t expect all the twists and turns. 
A perfect short thriller, horror read. 
Just not the biggest fan on the ending. 
dark mysterious

This book started out good. Almost all of it was honestly. But then it went way wrong. The ending is… I don’t know. I think I’m missing something.
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark fast-paced
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Fun fast read
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: Complicated

I love all three of Gillian Flynn's novels. This short story builds up the intensity very quickly and has some cool twists and turns for such a short story. However the ending falls a bit flat and feels too safe. A different ending could have potentially given this 5 stars.