Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

282 reviews

lilykatz_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This book was crazzzyyy!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Blood, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Drug use, and Rape

bohemianzoe's review against another edition

4.0

heavy read. disturbing a lot of the times. still, couldn’t put it down. read trigger warnings before reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Homophobia, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Vomit, Medical content, Sexual assault, Murder, Self harm, Addiction, Cursing, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Body shaming, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, and Drug use

bmcsweeney's review against another edition

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Rape

voxlunae's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

God, this book is just so oppressively dark. I'd seen the show, so I knew what to expect, but there is scarcely a glimmer of light in the whole thing. It's a good, taut mystery, though, focusing on a truly troubled and damaged protagonist. I think the

cutting, especially the words, is a bit heavy-handed and needless

, but maybe that's just because it's triggering for me. It's a hard book to read and to recommend, but it's written well! Ha ha. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Violence, Medical content, Child abuse, Confinement, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Drug abuse, and Rape

Minor: Homophobia, Pedophilia, and Incest

arivnnv's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Murder, and Child abuse

Moderate: Rape and Adult/minor relationship

aubrea27h's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book was almost too dark for me to finish. I was incredibly uncomfortable when the main character started doing drugs with her 13 y/o sister. The author definitely meant for us to be uncomfortable but I was on the verge of not finishing the book over it and how much it made me dislike Camille.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Addiction, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Sexual assault

chewireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Gore, Death, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Drug use, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Child death, Child abuse, Bullying, Vomit, Medical trauma, and Medical content

bethaniell's review against another edition

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: Alcoholism, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.0

Everyone in this story is so disturbed (positive for the thriller). Heads up, though the violence to the victims but especially self harm is very graphic. If you have triggers about self harm especially cutting, please take that seriously into consideration before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Murder, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Bullying, Incest, Torture, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders

sydgolt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

It was good! the writing was good, the story was good, i was just hoping for a bit more i guess.

Adora having MBP was a little predictable, and the murderer being Amma was also predictable. It felt like a bit of a stretch on the authors part to try to make it seem like john or someone else did it. honeslty i would’ve been better if someone completely unsuspecting ended up being the murderer.

. All around it was good, just fell short in a couple ways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual content