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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

24 reviews

psychnp's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Wish I could do separate reviews for the first and second half of this book, the first half was slow, the characters did not draw me in,  the plot felt drawn out - I would have dnf'd several times over if I had not seen the movie years ago and known there was a big twist.
The second half of the book was fantastic- worth the drudgery of the first half - the characters were more compelling, and the plot greatly sped up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Incest

issyd23's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

AMAZING AMY DID NOTHING WRONG! 4✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

monarchbooks's review

dark mysterious fast-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

5.0

Even though I absolutely knew Nick didn't kill Amy, I was so convinced he did by the end of part 1

This story is absolutely batshit

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Infertility, Dementia, Abortion, and Death of parent

Minor: Kidnapping

mashtonok's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

Was interested in the first half, then invested for 20 pages of act 2, then completely uninterested in anything said or done until the last 30 pages. The last 30 had me hooked. This was a roller coaster of whether I wanted to finish the book or not. 

The writing itself was super vivid, and the characters' voices were super strong. Glad I decided to finish.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Fatphobia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body shaming, Infertility, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Stalking

bunchberry's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

3.5

Interesting book but pretty slow in the beginning. The voice acting and quality of the audio book itself was very good though. I really began to enjoy it more near the ending though, as my perspective of the individual characters changed. Was a fun read but also very long haha. I do recommend it nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Grief

music_girl93's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

fleabagb's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

0.5

 I hate to say this because this book was on my list for so long and I truly was enjoying myself so very much until I hit this part with a chapter from the perspective of Amy she had described two fat people in such a horrific way I annotated it how disappointed I was and that I truly thought that was the end of the road with me and this book. After sitting on it for a few days I have decided to DNF this book because of the verbiage used to depict characters of a bigger size. I was heartbroken reading this. It was downright fatphobic, harmful and absolutely unnecessary as these character were literally just filler, so it felt like an even bigger hit when Gillian chose to hit on that topic in a scene where it added nothing but a bad taste in my mouth. I guess it just goes to show just how casual fatphobia is and has become in our social environment. And I can't speak for you, but for me, for myself, my own sense of self and pride - I absolutely cannot forgive someone for writing characters that let's be honest, look like me, in such a wrenching way. Not to mention the characters she chose to shame had no big impact role in the story other than this hatred-spewing spiral she went on about "how dare a fat mushroom tummied person utilize the same resources as she does, how dare they be sitting down and fat, who knows if they're disabled but to hell with them!" Shame on you Gillian, shame on you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

If you want to read a toxic sociopathic petty drama fest, this is the book for you.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

chewireads's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

editorsansserif's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy