Reviews tagging 'Dementia'

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

109 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

gabi_715's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Dementia

Minor: Rape and Stalking

mahamsiddiqui's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

This book is not my cup of tea. I have realised that a book like this can only be digested as a movie ( at best), at least for me. I wish I could say that I enjoyed reading this book, like the raving reviews it got, but 50 pages in, and I was reading it to scratch the itch. I would rather spend my time reading something informative or maybe a book I liked as a child. I know the whole point of this book was to anger the reader, loathe the characters, and pity them. But after a while, the characters were too much to digest. I don't want to read a psycho-analysis of sociopaths.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cursing and Dementia

Minor: Domestic abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

melisfay's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Dementia, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, and Vomit

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

tashaa_t's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Infertility, Blood, Dementia, and Death of parent

Minor: Incest

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

hydekels's review

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

alycia_reads'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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail