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Vassa föremål by Gillian Flynn

60 reviews

hazel_medlock's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Blood

Minor: Animal death, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Cancer, and Eating disorder

izypup's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Child death, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Alcohol, Grief, and Vomit

Moderate: Violence, Blood, Suicide, Rape, Murder, and Medical content

Minor: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, Torture, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Cancer, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, and Kidnapping

himboluvr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.0

gillian flynn is a great writer and i loved gone girl but this book is fucked and not in a good way 😭😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child death, Eating disorder, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Racism, Self harm, Medical trauma, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

sarahrhanks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

At one point felt physically faint (like vision starting to go dark around the edges & dizzy) while reading this book...so 3.5 stars to that experience

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcohol, Self harm, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Rape, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Abandonment and Addiction

laurenkristine's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Rape, Blood, Bullying, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Eating disorder

vthecreature's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

The kind of book to make you sit and stare at the floor after finishing it. Very dark, everyone's a suspect so lots of intrigue, plenty of creepy and disgusting situations. Mind the content warnings. It's very visceral and immersive, which is brilliantly done but at times too much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Alcohol, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Confinement, Vomit, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, Grief, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Rape, Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gore, Gaslighting, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Animal death

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Excrement, Sexism, and Injury/Injury detail

nadiapho's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Abandonment, Drug use, Grief, Gore, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Body shaming, Blood, Body horror, Animal cruelty, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Violence, and Toxic relationship

rebeccajben's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

0.5

I genuinely hated this book I would not have read this if Sofia didn’t annotate it for me. Tbh her annotations were what got me through. I’m terrible at predictions but I guessed the plot so damn quick and the mediocre twist at the end was not enough to redeem this even a little bit. Reading this was so deeply unpleasant and I felt sick the whole time lol. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Bullying, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Cannibalism, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, and Torture

real_pansy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Vomit

Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP)

amkemp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Self harm, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Medical content, Sexual assault, Eating disorder, Kidnapping, Drug use, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Suicidal thoughts