Reviews

Les Apparences by Gillian Flynn

evedelvac's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Sometimes the people who are closest to us are also our worst enemies. I loved every second of Amy's plots and I hate her so very much. 

triblogcarol's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

2.0

Riveting story, but the characters were such awful people and I didn't enjoy the book.

summerbanks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

This book was good. It was interesting to follow what happened to Amy, but when

it was revealed that she was alive and she planned it all... I guess I wasn't as surprised as I would have liked to have been.

When

Amy sees Nick on TV talking about how much he wishes she was home, I was very suprised when she fell for it. The whole point of her running away I thought initally was to put Nick in Jail and make him rot there... However, after Amy so easily folded at Nick's words, her charachter motivations completely changed for me, and I don't know if this was the author's intention or not. Rather than being this cunnly evil wife she became a despearate crazy woman vying for her husbands attention (in extremely dramatic ways).  BUT, that's notr to say I didn't enjoy that switch. I think that actually make the book more interesting, as, up until that point, it was quite predictable. Amy's return was not something I had expected

My personal favourite part was the ending when

Nick has no other choice but to stay with Amy. As a reader following Nick's journey, it was very interesting because he is someone the average reader can relate to. He seems like a normal guy, a bit of a douche (cheating, hitting etc...) but not one deserving of a crazy killer wife... Or does he?Either way, he's stuck with her and it was complex trying to decide whether or not I thorught the ending was just.

I didn't read this as fast as I thought I would. Ususally with thrillers I can't put them down, however I found lots of the book to be a bit boring and I often lost focus/interest with the plot. Especially with some police scenes with Nick, as ovbiously we see those all the time in the media and are often overplayed. The only other thing  I will say as to why this rating is relitiavely low, is simply because lots of the details surrounding Amy's dissapearance were just not realistic. (This element is much worse in the film) If you have read the book by the way and were wondering whether or not to read the book I would say watch it, but keep expectations low. I thought it was well done and I can't put my finger on why but it just wasn't amazing for me. Anyway, not my favourite but I'm glad I read it. 

marina_ofthesea's review against another edition

5.0

I loved the plot twists and the psychological aspects of this mystery novel.

alyssa_reads08's review against another edition

4.25

woah… i didn’t really like the characters but i think that was the point i’m kinda just like “woah what did i just read” 

zestydandelion's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

asheconsumesbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.5

a lot of midwest hate from someone who is supposedly from the midwest...

anyhow idk it was fine it's just exhausting to read about a man complaining for how many pages. and boy part three was ROUGH. just wanted it over. let these wicked people deal with it with an ambiguous ending or something.

really, i think a cooler ending would have been them both publishing their books. the actual ending is OKAY i guess. that poor child.

andotherworlds's review against another edition

4.0

4.5 //

rtc BUT LIKE WOAH YES WE UH YES WATCHING THE FILM TONIGHT!!

dairedotcom's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

kaleereads's review against another edition

5.0

they hate to see a girl boss winning