Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

352 reviews

raziel_kanarek_ml's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Dementia, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Infidelity

Minor: Death of parent and Pregnancy

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

sierraclimbs's review

dark funny 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

4.75

Wow! What an adventure. 
I’ve tried listening to this book a couple of times before & I’m glad I gave it another chance. 
It went in so many directions I did not expect & I love when a mystery book surprises me (which doesn’t happen often anymore) 
I’ll probably think about this one for a while. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

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

mr_engineer's review against another edition

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

4.0

Maybe the worst relationship put to paper, utterly toxic and engrossing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Murder

Moderate: Rape

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

vickyreadthis's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

I watched the movie back when it came out and I’ve gotta say, the book felt a little too long —Fincher nicked off just the necessary bits. 

That being said, I thoroughly enjoyed the ride. She is probably the most deranged psychopath of her literary era. He’s your average awful guy. In more than a way, they deserve each other. 

I’ve seen countless reviews bashing the ending, but it made sense to me.

Amy will always get what she wants and will manipulate her way to it regardless of consequences, and Nick is just incompetent enough as a human being to not put up a fight. They’re both terrible people in their own right and will be trapped in a mess of their own making for the foreseeable future. Poor kid, though.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Murder

Moderate: Rape

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

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