Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

21 reviews

lectures_de_chloe's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

Une mise en scène intéressante mais une fin beaucoup trop ouverte à mon goût ... j'ai eu l'impression de lire le début d'un roman qui n'a jamais été complété. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Murder, Animal cruelty, Infidelity, and Death

thebookpaiges's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Vomit, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Death, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Classism

deanchaudhri's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

the last gillian flynn book i had left to read :) fun little short story that plays with the haunted house evil kid trope in an entertaining clever way. wish the ending was a bit more concrete tho 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Child death, Sexual content, and Vomit

sharonus's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-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? No

3.0

Seemed like an outline to a novel that never was.  I was quickly drawn in with rich descriptions, but then the writing got really sparse.  It was as if the author was tasked with writing a 1200 word essay and realized she was almost at that mark.   The end of the book was building to the climax, then plot twist! Then another plot twist! Then a really disappointing kind of boring ending.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Vomit, Blood, Suicide, and Animal cruelty

tey_lynn's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Animal cruelty, Blood, Vomit, and Cursing

exlibrissum's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Minor: Blood

sonjaswanson's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

I read this book because it was short and it would help me get to my 2023 reading goal. It was a nice, easy, quick read. Some pets were predictable, but I can’t expect too much from a short story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, and Infidelity

Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Murder

cosmicpanda's review against another edition

dark tense 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Suicide, Violence, Emotional abuse, Blood, Vomit, Sexual content, and Murder

Minor: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Animal cruelty, and Death of parent

tacochelle's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

2.0

So first off, the blurb mentions that our mc does small scams as a so-called psychic. What it doesn't mention is that she is also a sex worker. Read palms in the front of the house, give handjobs in the back. It is relevant to the story, so I'm not sure why they would leave that out. I was still on board with the story for up to 2/3 of the way through, when you get the first big twist. I wasn't that impressed, but still interested to see how it would resolve. Then, immediately, a second twist! And then it fucking ends! It kinda killed all the good it had going before the twists. And on the one hand, it was short, so I didn't waste too much time on it. On the other hand, the ending could have been longer, and maybe feel like a complete ending.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Minor: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, and Vomit

vickytickytavi's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Violence, and Sexual content

Minor: Vomit