Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

193 reviews

heathernicole20's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty

icedlostea's review against another edition

challenging 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: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Cancer

whatiqreads'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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

njaden's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Drug use, and Murder

Minor: Suicide

marbeemc's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

magikorbert's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.5

i fucking love gillian flynn. i love the way she writes apathetic, take-no-shit-cuz-i've-been-thru-enough-shit women. her writing is enthralling and twisted and wrenching. i'm ready for gone girl.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

sa_hussain's review against another edition

dark lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Dark thriller but with moments of levity and wit, great read that had me very hooked. Chapters alternated perspectives so the story came together in a unique way that left me wanting more after every chapter. Only wish there had been a bit more resolution at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder

lany_f's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

3.75

3.75 STARS
intriguing characterizations. Some characters might be innocent in regard to one event, but not innocent in others. Two folds and that is what kept me engaged and interested enough to finish the book.
I will say the reveal at the end of the book, one part was done well, and the other was thrown in as a line or two, not much time or thought spent with it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Drug use, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Pregnancy

sheralbeereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is indeed dark. Flynn does a fantastic job giving us a concentrated dose of her characters in each POV chapter. I enjoyed the mystery in this book, though Flynn's writing sucked me in so thoroughly that when I closed the book I needed a moment to leave Kinnakee, Kansas behind. Flynn is a great writer and this is another example of her prowess. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Violence, and Blood

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