Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

193 reviews

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

apomplun's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Grief

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

trinitypaige's review against another edition

dark 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, Gore, Violence, Blood, and Vomit

umafagafo's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

starfishtowers's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? Yes

3.25

This book does a good job of highlighting how trauma can shape a person into becoming the way Libby grew up to be. It was hard to like Libby at times but Flynn never shied away from reminding us of what she had to endure to get to where she is. The jump of POVs between characters added layers to the story but at times did seem to make the book drag on longer. Towards the end of the book I’m not sure I felt closure but in true crime cases like this in real life closure is rarely the outcome for all those involved 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Murder

Minor: Pedophilia

ghost_bird_12's review against another edition

dark 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Pedophilia

shanwolfe22's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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, and Murder

sprakskatan's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I’ve read a lot of crime fiction in my time, but hoo boy. The story itself kept me interested enough to finish it, because there wasn’t really a central character to care about - literally everyone sucks to varying degrees. Some parts were definitely rougher than others, though. If you’re especially sensitive to animal abuse you might want to skip this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

desiisreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Fire/Fire injury