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directorpurry's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I'm not going to bother with a content warning list for this book because it's not worth your time or mine. If you struggle with reading about themes of suicide or self-harm, this is not the book for you.
Because it's such a quick read, I'm not really going to bother to break it down. But the writing is so, so damn good - honestly, just go read it!
I read this book in one day for a Read-a-Thon and it was absolutely worth my entire day. I tend to stay away from thrillers in general, but Gillian Flynn is an author I will continue to actively seek out. This is the second book I've read of hers and it's just as good.
Graphic: Fatphobia, Grief, Child abuse, Violence, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Death, Bullying, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic friendship, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Vomit, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Child death, and Self harm
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Classism, Medical content, and Pedophilia
Minor: Cancer, Racism, Pregnancy, and Terminal illness
gon_fishing's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Homophobia, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
geetswrites's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Camille's relationships— with her mother, with Amma, with side characters like Curry and Richard and John, but most importantly with herself— will stay with me for a long, long time. There are hauntingly relatable moments throughout, and for all its extreme severity, the core of the story is rooted in perfectly believable awfulness. The exploration of motherhood, daughterhood and selfhood as intertwined, bitter experiences supplemented by all the gruesome, unflinching imagery was revolting, painful and positively brilliant.
I can't possibly fit everything I think and feel about this book into this review, so I hope it suffices to say that I'm now completely enamoured by Flynn's writing, characters and thematic choices. Everything else she's ever written is immediately making it to the top of my TBR list. What an author.
Graphic: Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Drug use, Medical content, Medical trauma, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
Minor: Cancer, Fatphobia, Gore, and Homophobia
amberinbookland's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.25
Graphic: Self harm, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Grief, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Rape, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Gore, Fatphobia, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Alcoholism, and Addiction
revhopepunk's review against another edition
Graphic: Fatphobia