Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Dark Places - Gefährliche Erinnerung by Gillian Flynn

153 reviews

wonderfulxwonderful's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Sexual content, Death of parent, and Murder

cjxx26's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

acsord's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

Graphic: Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder

lauramccarthy's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

mia7's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Pedophilia, Sexual content, and Alcohol

arianamaya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, and Alcohol

readbycarina's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Drug use, Vomit, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Fire/Fire injury

cammiem8's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

2.25

This books is very difficult for me to review. Living up to its title, Dark Places is certainly the darkest, most misanthropic, most viscerally disgusting book Gillian Flynn has written to date. It is not a pleasant read, yet her prose so expertly invokes feelings of dread and repulsion. And it is repulsive, not even the gore of the murders, but the nasty, offputting details in the everyday of the characters. Not one character is likeable. While Libby isn’t as pathetic as Camille, nor as cunningly cruel and calculating as Amy, she’s the most easily hated of Flynn’s trouble women protagonists. It’s the most seething condemnation of true crime fans (deservedly so) I’ve ever seen, and this coming from the woman who wrote the introduction to I’ll Be Gone In the Dark as a fan of the genre herself. A very interesting read, it certainly not enjoyable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Body shaming and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Abortion

peytonliveslife's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

msennflinn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Grief and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol