Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

75 reviews

sarahamzeh's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.0

I was curious to know who did it but that was the extent of it. 
The book didn’t grip me, I wasn’t racing through it it was more like labouring through it. The gore seemed misplaced, the characters one-dimensional and almost all equally dislikeable, some of the descriptions seemed like the author was trying too hard to be “edgy”
Overall glad I got through it

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Alcohol

caitlynkb's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

zany25's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Wild ride

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide and Pregnancy

bt80's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Murder

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Sexual content, and Alcohol

lillyklymiuk's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

oliviahamilton's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

Read for a book club - if it were just for me I probably wouldn’t have read past the first chapter. But once I got into it I was invested. Well paced interesting story with many layers and characters. Did not anticipate the ending, at least not in the way it happened. Overall a good mystery! 

Side note, but was it necessary to mention every woman and girl’s breast size/shape throughout the story, repeatedly in some cases?? I’m shocked this was written by a woman. Overall felt it was well written with effective details, but the boob thing was weird.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Violence, and Murder

christianaskaar's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

ineedrhythm's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Homophobia

jrwilde's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Body horror

jillianlottie26's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

Gillian Flynn always knows how to write a great murder mystery. Took off half a star because I was a little disappointed with the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Sexual content, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Suicidal thoughts