Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

263 reviews

katie_mize's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

atalea's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

amy_jones's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Eating disorder

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

annasimpsonx's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Terminal illness, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

garrpla's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

I enjoyed this novel for the unreliable narrator aspects but found myself really disturbed by the ending for a while. It begs the question of, should you still hope for a happy ending even when someone doesn’t deserve a happy ending? I also found myself disturbed by some of the main characters as well, but not in a way that was extremely off putting to me to put this in DNF. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

katie0528's review

dark mysterious 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

God I forgot how freaking good this book is. It's very much dated, with the characters laid off magazine writers who lost their job to the internet and the 2008 crash, but the twists and turns are so good. The first half of the book alternates between the day Nick Dunne discovers his wife Amy has gone missing and her diary detailing the early days of their relationship. The second half is Nick, buckling under his secrets and police pressure, and Amy's own story of what happened that day. It reminds me of the Interrupter's song lyric "I'm a match, she's kerosene."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Dementia, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

sueshi's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicide, Blood, and Gaslighting

lethargicbat's review

dark 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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

dontreadthelastpage1989's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

it took me over 2 years to finish this book for a couple of reasons.
 1. i'm a mood reader who got in a few reading slumps in the meantime and i find it hard to pick up a book again when i bc of random circumstances couldn't or didn't continue reading lately and i struggle with motivating myself to read longer books (over 300 pages). this is due to my personality. 
2. i had already seen the movie and loved it but this also meant i knew the plot roughly so i didn't expect any twists or surprising factors, which of course took away a little motivation.
having said this, this is one of the most well-written books i've read. me having seen the movie and knowing what would happen was why i didn't have as much an urge to read it and find out (as i already knew everything), but if i hadn't known anything i would've finished it in a rather short amount of time i'm sure! it still managed to be enticing and suspenseful just because of how interesting its style was. the storyline is brutal and genius and morally challenging and in a way i'm happy i already knew what was awaiting bc of the film. i would recommend to read the book and the watch the movie or if you've seen the movie to still give the book a chance because owning this story on paper felt so special. if you considered reading it but think you don't have to because you know what happens, i would still say give it a try as gillian flynn's way with words totally made up for my prior knowledge.  gonna rewatch the movie now because what the fuck  (( almost all of the trigger warnings, please be careful with this and kind to yourself ))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Infidelity, Miscarriage, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Vomit and Schizophrenia/Psychosis