Reviews tagging 'Pregnancy'

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn

107 reviews

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

livalyse's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

imagine finding out your son is a violent pedophile and your solution is to orchestrate your own brutal murder and get your 10 year old daughter butchered with an axe in order to pay for his legal fees??? boy moms need to be stopped.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

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

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

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

reading_ivy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Child abuse and Pedophilia

avenaper1999's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, and Pregnancy

kiss/arousement between 15 year old and 10 year old, discussion of child abuse

phantomgecko's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? No

4.5

If your family was murdered, would you want to know all the details? Impossible to know without being in the situation but...I feel like I would want to know. That Libby only sort of knows what happened vis a vis the case, the trial, the controversy, is wild, but I get it. 

Solid plot, solid characterization, solid novel. 

A tragic look into what getting involved with the wrong crowd can do to a teenager. I didn't really like the Satanic panic angle in the story, but it was implemented well enough. And like, obvs Ben was responsible for his actions, but his "friends" sucked so bad.

This novel had a lot of facets to make you think. The strands of plot worked into a nice braid by the end of it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

abigailrosalynn'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

lexa's review against another edition

dark mysterious

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

Minor: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit