Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

L'amore bugiardo by Gillian Flynn

144 reviews

david_slack110507's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

You know a book is good when even a reading slump and an admittedly slow and uneventful first part of the book can't take away from your overall enjoyment and still leaves you with the decision to rate it 5 stars. It took me a while to finish this once started for two main reasons, 1) As mentioned earlier I was in a major reading slump, so I struggled to be even interested in some amazing other books I was reading at the time such as the AGGGTM series and 2) The first part of the book was really slow and difficult to get into. 

Gillian Flynn's writing is brilliant and feels much more complex than some of the other writing I've read before, the way she writes both Nick and Amy but particularly Amy is amazing (Pun intended). She makes sure that they are presented as awfully complex and toxic people yet gives them many layers that the reader can both love and hate them at the same time. I will admit that the supporting cast of characters isn't really developed beyond bits and pieces of detail, but they don't really have to be, this is a story between Nick and Amy and their complexities as characters. 

The book really hits its stride when it begins its second part, reading about Amy was much more fascinating to me because she's written with such brilliance that she genuinely believes that the things she is doing are a reasonable reaction to what Nick has done. She's a well-written example of a morally complex and grey female protagonist/character. I didn't expect this book to go into such gritty detail about Amy's plan, but it made her all the more interesting in how she rationalises her behaviour whilst Nick's perspective is also intriguing as he goes from loving his wife to hating her and planning to kill her within a second's notice. 

I'm really glad that I read the book rather than watch the movie first (which I will be doing soon hopefully) as I feel like I wouldn't have had the motivation to read this if I already knew what happens and if I knew how long it would take me to finish it. Looking forward to potentially reading more of Flynn's novels in the future and seeing how their adaptations fare in comparison to the source material. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Deadnaming, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Dementia

kaddyren's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

4.25

Disturbing. Classic cool girl monologue and isolated quotes but the rich people problems were not my favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

silene's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

Brilliantly constructed with powerful voices, Gone Girl presents a tangle of character flaws pushed to the extreme. Read with caution, and trust none of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Rape and Murder

Minor: Miscarriage

mothie_girlie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Miscarriage and Self harm

doomluz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

I love the movie and wanted to read this for years.

The first half was kind of slow or didn't keep my attention as well as the second half when it switches from diary Amy to Amy's POV, though actual Amy is way scarier and frustrating than "diary Amy".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Confinement, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder

nattiehewitt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

sjanke2's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ayearinbookswithzoe's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.75

I really liked this book but I hated the main characters. I wanted Nick and Amy to have horrible things happen to them and while they did, it wasn’t enough for me. I enjoyed having both Nick and Amy’s perspectives, it definitely helped develop the story far more than if it had just been one. Honestly, everything was pretty unexpected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

taleofabibliophile's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful mysterious reflective 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Vomit, Dementia, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racial slurs, Medical content, and Classism

marybsimp's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail