Reviews tagging 'Death'

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

157 reviews

kfoenix's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

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

stories's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Very much a AAH situation. 

I was interested enough to want to find out what happened, but goodness it felt long winded. For me that padding also undercut the impressiveness of the “cleverness”. 

I suspect the reveal in Part 2 was meant to be a surprise twist, but wasn’t for me. 

Also, didn’t help that the closest to “likeable” was a couple of the side characters, and even then it was a struggle. 

If it weren’t a book club read, I doubt I’d have persevered. Certainly, I didn’t feel the ending provided sufficient payoff to make the longwindedness worthwhile. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Stalking, and Death of parent

notyourbook's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Vomit, Dementia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

maygetdizzy's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexism, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Kidnapping, Abortion, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

themoonraid3r's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

I could not put this book down once I picked it up. I love the change in tone half-way through the book and I appreciate the author giving us one of the best monologues on the “cool girl” in the 21st century. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

phoebebrainrot's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

DAMN. 
very slow to start. doesn’t pick up till about a third-way through the book. pretty entertaining though once it gets going

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

megthepoet's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

So caveat on this review, I was spoiled in the twist years ago and just finally got around to reading it, so I think that played a factor in my enjoyment in it. I actually found myself enjoying it more after the plot twist, but I don’t think I found a myself liking either main character much, which I guess was a lesson that I do prefer to like the MC? It didn’t help that I realized not to the same degrees but I had a set of grandparents very much like Nick and Amy and who boy that was a weird realization to have. So yeah, good plot, lots of twists and turns, just really hard to like either one. I know the book is part of the #goodforher trope, but…I dunno, I didn’t fully buy it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Death, Self harm, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Sexual assault

jadelovebird's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

A cat and mouse game to the very end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Murder