Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Ostre przedmioty by Gillian Flynn

39 reviews

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

Everyone in this story is so disturbed (positive for the thriller). Heads up, though the violence to the victims but especially self harm is very graphic. If you have triggers about self harm especially cutting, please take that seriously into consideration before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Murder, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Bullying, Incest, Torture, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders

systemofanoun's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Child death, and Terminal illness

fionamatilda's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Terminal illness and Sexual assault

ciaranolio's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

A psychological crime thriller about small towns, cycles of abuse, and possibly some of the creepiest family dynamics I've ever read about. Written in a style that took me a while to get into but is widely praised as one of the book's strongest points, I wasn't sure how I felt about this book until about three quarters of the way through. At that point, however, I was absolutely taken by it. Adored the ending, especially a masterful plot twist in the last few pages.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Self harm, Child abuse, Vomit, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Incest, Misogyny, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Bullying, and Addiction

Minor: Homophobia

kaaaaaaaa's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This is the first of Flynn's books that I've read, and it's the first of her books to be published. It was good, I just wasn't able to emotionally connect to the characters for some reason. In general, the mystery kept me interested more than the characters. To me, this book reminded me of Stephen King and Shirley Jackson, but it didn't have whatever secret sauce Jackson and King have that pushes the writing and the characters into top-tier. That disconnect makes some of the "disturbing small town details" come off a little forced, despite the fact that I'm well aware of and familiar with disturbing small-town details. I find them believable, but they're missing... something... that integrates them fully into the story; so instead, IMHO, they give a Hostel-style "violence for violence's sake" vibe.

I have a couple more of Flynn's books on hold from the library, so it will be interesting to see how she grows as a writer and if she can clear whatever this je ne sais quoi hurdle is.

Also, this isn't a real make-or-break thing, but how flexible is Camille

that there's only one spot on her back missing the words? How good at writing backwards while looking in a mirror can she be?

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Mental illness, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug use, Murder, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Child death, Incest, Self harm, Addiction, Death, Classism, Drug abuse, Terminal illness, Body horror, Rape, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Grief

Moderate: Vomit and Infidelity

Minor: Eating disorder, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Suicidal thoughts, and Fatphobia

stutee's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Child death, Torture, Murder, and Self harm

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Death, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Grief, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Vomit

saythename's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Child death, Self harm, and Terminal illness

lvosler21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Alcohol, Blood, Addiction, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, Body horror, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Dysphoria, Kidnapping, Torture, Infidelity, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Self harm, Sexual violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Dysphoria, Terminal illness, Bullying, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pregnancy

Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty

badtzmarus's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

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

4.25

A nice Introduction to mystery, I really liked how the author depicted the MC's stream of thoughts, a solid story; It's a very heavy read, due to the contents of the story, so I'd recommend reading it in the right headspace.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Child death, Child abuse, and Body shaming

Moderate: Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Terminal illness

Minor: Bullying and Animal death

CWs really don't include it, but there are several detailed descriptions of a teen character sexualizing herself (like her clothes, mannerisms, etc.), if you're uncomfortable with that I'd recommend not reading it since it's very linked with her story.

caroliiineb's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Vomit, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Bullying, Terminal illness, and Medical trauma

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Rape