Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

The Grown Up by Gillian Flynn

36 reviews

nialystic's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content

Moderate: Death

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

01melon's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 I thought I would like this book when I saw it because I really liked the author's previous works, but I wasn't prepared for how much I would appreciate it. It's a short story, but I thought it was really beautifully done. The book's opening sentence also greatly grabbed my interest. It was an exciting, gloomy, and chaotic read. It's absolutely worth a try for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Animal cruelty, and Emotional abuse

cookietheviking's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Did not put it down and it's short enough that won't cause neck pain. A possibly paranormal mystery with a disillusioned grifter at the helm, I got the expected and unexpected in uncomfortably pleasurable measure. People are terrible. Sometimes, people are wonderful at being terrible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting

Moderate: Abandonment, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Child abuse, Classism, Toxic friendship, and Sexual content

Minor: Infidelity

zarakoconnor's review against another edition

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Everyone who wants to write about a sex worker needs to take notes on this book. The way she writes a sex worker as a 3D, flawed, interesting person that isn’t a sad victim is so refreshing and funny and believable. Loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, Excrement, and Death

Minor: Sexual content and Animal cruelty

grclnntt's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty and Blood

risaleel'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, and Vomit

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

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