Reviews tagging 'Gaslighting'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

107 reviews

mergwenthur's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

2.0

This book was a pretty easy read - easy as in I got through it quickly. 

The actual storyline was....interesting. I started off with mix feelings about the mc but towards the end of the book tbh, I didn't like her at all. 

By the time you realised who might have committed the murders it was like okay can we get on with it, a lil bit of a twist but also an unsurprising twist.

Honestly this whole book was a bit of a traumatic mess, in a bad way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gaslighting, Drug use, Death, Classism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Child abuse, Vomit, Violence, Murder, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Grief

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

cammiem8'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The narrator for the audio book was perfect, Amma sounded like a southern Azula and it fit her character perfectly. The story had me on edge even though I knew  the ending. There were many times where I was so angry with the protagonists choices, but I get why they were included to show her declining mental state. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Misogyny, Chronic illness, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Murder

Moderate: Blood and Vomit

Minor: Eating disorder, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

Camille reveals that she was

gang raped at a party when she was thirteen, she does not believe that this was a rape despite being extremely intoxicated and much younger than the perpetrators.

This may be upsetting to survivors of sexual assault, as her perspective is to victim blame, despite

having not processed that she was a victim herself.

There are also many depictions of hypersexual children as young as middle school.

abbycrotts's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Addiction, Body shaming, Vomit, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Chronic illness, and Sexual content

Minor: Lesbophobia, Rape, Sexism, Cursing, and Animal death

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-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

5.0

Read for the Read the States Challenge for: Missouri!

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.

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Content Warnings

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

nicole_zx's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Self harm

Moderate: Bullying, Drug use, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Sexual harassment

bendersreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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: Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

Minor: Incest and Sexism

gon_fishing's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

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

morganegrant's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

rosemaryslibrarian's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault