Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Ostre przedmioty by Gillian Flynn

164 reviews

samsapeach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Emotional abuse

anushka_17's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Torture, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, and Child death

aexileigh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Rape, Medical trauma, Kidnapping, Incest, Grief, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Drug use, Death, Child death, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

joooosneed's review against another edition

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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Pedophilia and Adult/minor relationship

tajoile's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

це не найлегше чтиво, місцями огидне, часто відштовхуюче, абсолютно не привабливе. але тим не менш я в захваті. 

тут майже немає героїв, яких ви полюбите, або заради яких продовжуватимете читати. але ви відчуєте співчуття чи не абсолютно до всіх, особливо якщо вам настільки ж притаманна емпатія як мені.
і ви читатимете далі, бо навіть попри всю потворність характерів героїв, їхні травми та вашу осоружність до подій, що відбуваються — зупинитися майже неможливо. 

маленьке нудне містечко, де поколіннями зростають огидні люди та їхні травми, що наростають одна на одну, й щораз міцніше тверднуть, ніби лава після виверження вулкану. поки не стається щось подібне. 
хоча ні, вони й далі наростатимуть.

про кожного з більш-менш головних героїв я можу написати окремий допис чисто зі своїми враженнями 🥹 
а потім ще пару десятків сторінок про родину головної героїні та її саму.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Grief, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Alcoholism

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

the_jamae_way's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Addiction, Vomit, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Child abuse, and Child death

brandywyne's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Self harm, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide attempt, Sexual assault, Murder, Mental illness, Grief, Drug abuse, Bullying, Addiction, Violence, Sexual violence, Child death, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, and Alcoholism

inneraman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

5.0

This book is dark and mysterious. It will make you reflect on the actions of the characters, a lot. I found myself trying to find way to ‘root for’ the main character but through some of their actions, I couldn’t decide. The main character is broken, flawed and emotionally unstable because of her upbringing and her toxic mother/environment. I found the book engaging and well written. I will be reading other books by Gillian Flynn. I recommend this book to anyone looking for a mysterious and dark story with troublesome characters who are beyond help. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Child death, Drug abuse, Murder, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Bullying, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Self harm

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Blood, Eating disorder, Misogyny, and Rape

Minor: Animal death, Cancer, Animal cruelty, and Pregnancy

bbooklight'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

4.0

addictive writing!! dark, lascivious — i consumed this. like biting into a luxuriously dark apple and finding it rotten on the inside. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, and Torture