Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

113 reviews

eve_o's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body horror, Medical content, Child death, and Drug abuse

Minor: Alcohol and Grief

skiz's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

frejabitsch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Alcohol, Child abuse, Child death, and Medical content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Bullying, Drug use, and Rape

Teeth play a big part

under_thebelljar's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

I crashed my car while listening to this audiobook

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

clairevalley's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

lavieenrose's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Gaslighting, Grief, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Vomit

everyotherpageorso's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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: Child abuse, Medical trauma, Gaslighting, and Death

Moderate: Self harm

missbee1239's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

This book overall was a good read. It was very interesting to try and figure out who killed these girls. The beginning of the book and the end kept me engaged but the middle was a little hard to get through. I'm glad I did though because the ending was probably my favorite part of the entire book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Drug use, Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

_bookishbrina's review

dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.5

Rating: 3/5

WARNING: narcissist parent, control freak, cutting/mutilation, violent crime towards children, small town gossip (claustrophobia), gaslighting/guilt trip

(SPOILER)

''A child weaned on poison considers harms as a comfort.''

This story is disappointing in the sense that it's just another psycho women, and the story focuses a lot on sex (which in retrospective, seems pointless).

I hesitated. Should I give this book 4 stars for the anger, the impatience and de discomfort it generated? Not to mention the violent urge to burn the book and forget about it. Or should I give it 1 star because it feels like a sick story, written by someone who is visibly just as sick? Yes, it stimulated a morbid fascination, I was hooked even if I hate characters like Camille. They never do much except hate on themselves and I wish we could stop glamourizing that.

Because no one in their right mind would write something like that. No one. It could have been about the murders. It could have been about the victims. It could have been about small town culture and how fucked up it is. We sort of brushed all those subjects, but never dug deeply. Not deep enough for me, anyway. I think the aim was a VERY dysfonctional family, but it felt like the arrow missed the target by a fucking mile.

I honestly believe that if this book was to fall in the hands of the wrong person, it could cause a lot of damage, mostly self-harm.

I will say this: the ending is satisfying. Justice is served.

YOU WILL ENJOY THIS BOOK IF:
- You like suspens.
-You enjoy a 'good crime' without it being the main focus.
- You're not easily triggered and you have a solid mental health.

UPDATE (2 MONTHS LATER)
- I still think about that book, a lot. So I guess it was better than I thought... Not ready to give it 4 stars, but maybe more like 3.5. 

I don't know why, but it really disturbed something in me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Animal cruelty and Vomit

hannakutlu's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, and Medical trauma