Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

13 reviews

rosemaryslibrarian's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Self harm, and Sexual assault

qi_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

enjoyable but it was kinda obvious and i guessed the 'who done it' pretty much immediately.
what really kept me going was the protagonist and the weird shit she was dealing with rather than finding out 'who done it' since i had pretty much worked that out. very dark and grimy but was kinda underwhelmed...

also, i love how weirdly feminist this was. like it was but it wasn't...

equality because women can also be murderous and shitty

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Forced institutionalization, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol

avocet's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, and Vomit