Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

51 reviews

stonedandbookish'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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infidelity, Abandonment, and Alcohol

morganegrant's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

abby_reads_books's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Gaslighting

rachaelallyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

lakyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

interesting characters, liked the "cool girl" idea (male gaze.) 

amys a powerhouse idc nicks a bitch

not a diverse group of characters, one confirmed poc character in it

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny and Toxic relationship

Minor: Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Suicide

lylagrace's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Rape and Stalking

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, and Abortion

amyreadsstuff's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Minor: Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

magicalsocks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

(4/24/21)

“Love should require both partners to be their very best at all times. Unconditional love is an undisciplined love, and as we all have seen, undisciplined love is disastrous.”

“You two are the most fucked-up people I have ever met, and I specialize in fucked-up people.”

my god these white people are fucking craaaaaaaaaaaaazy. 

devoured this completely within the span of four-ish hours and even with my advance knowledge of all the major plot point and spoilers it fully completely absolutely lived up to and surpassed the hype. 1 star taken off because

the pacing of the post-reunion section felt off (personally i would have preferred a more ambiguous ending very shortly after the return - nick (1) genuinely and seriously titling his book “psycho bitch” and (2) genuinely and seriously being excited about bringing an actual child into that relationship   fully destroyed my suspension of disbelief).

that said, maybe the first book i’ve read where i can so viscerally hate these characters for their ego and self-righteousness and inner monologue and simultaneously see some of my own flaws reflected within them so clearly. but maybe that’s just because i’m a virgo.

gillian flynn is a GENIUS.

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Incest

lucymeg's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Although the story starts off slow, it really builds over the book until it is properly unputdownable. The characters are so twisted in their own way, and the story is so well constructed, that it honestly is one of my favourite books ever. One of the things I loved the most was the ending, despite what other reviewers have said,

as I honestly think that if either one of them had have won the battle to put the other away, it would kinda discredit the rest of the story, as it is telling us that there are no neat endings in life.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Blood

Moderate: Death, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, Suicide, and Stalking

lameyloser's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Suicide and Vomit