Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

12 reviews

fuzzygazelle's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

An incredible thriller. The character work is astounding, Gillian Flynn really nails it with the different ways the characters highlight the traits in one another. Despite most of the cast being incredibly flawed you cant help but be captivated by these flaws and how they affect each person's relationships with one another. The tension is incredibly well handled and the plot keeps you guessing the whole way through. The social commentary is incredibly well written with its commentary on gender, feminist ideology and the role of the media and public opinion in the judicial system.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Self harm, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Rape, Dementia, Stalking, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy

Minor: Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Vomit, Alcohol, Chronic illness, and Infertility

blymanor's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Death, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Blood, Classism, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Body shaming, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcoholism, Stalking, Vomit, Child abuse, Incest, Confinement, Death of parent, Miscarriage, and Adult/minor relationship

clare072's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Pregnancy, Blood, Chronic illness, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Rape

Minor: Confinement, Drug use, Grief, Miscarriage, Violence, Misogyny, Cursing, Death of parent, Death, and Dementia

renyoi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing 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

4.75

Evocative, thrilling, ridiculously clever, sinister. Sharp and complex commentary on feminism, misogyny, generational trauma, heterosexual relationships, sociopathy, familial dynamics, and the media sphere circa 2010. It’s a lot of ground to cover, but somehow this book weaves these threads together deftly into one whole, complete, devastating portrait of mutually assured destruction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexism, Death of parent, Self harm, Sexual content, Alcohol, Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Terminal illness, Torture, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Cancer, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Sexual assault, Dementia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Vomit

Moderate: Incest

junowo's review

challenging dark funny mysterious 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

5.0

This is one of the most clever books I’ve ever read. If you think you already know it from the movie, you don’t. I was pleasantly surprised by both the complexity of the characters and the way this book constructs a world informed by patriarchy and misogyny. There are no certainties in this book, and that’s what makes it incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Classism, Blood, Violence, Self harm, Dementia, Chronic illness, Sexism, Murder, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Drug use, Rape, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Suicide, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

Moderate: Incest

didireadthat'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? It's complicated

3.0

Almost DNF’d this book before making it half way through. The second quarter of the book was so slow and I did not like Nick or Diary Amy at all. Right before I gave up though the book turned around and I got sucked into the mystery. An incredible web of clues and lies and plot twist I loved how everything played out. However I still never liked any of the characters and I don’t think they really grew or changed throughout the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Cursing, Self harm, Murder, Rape, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Moderate: Sexual content, Chronic illness, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Cancer, Blood, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Death of parent, and Infidelity

anastasiak's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Self harm, Misogyny, Rape, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Stalking, Chronic illness, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship

yvamwill's review against another edition

adventurous challenging 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Chronic illness, and Death of parent

becca_w_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Fatphobia and Pedophilia

Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Kidnapping

soyreads's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

A good domestic thriller that got me out of my reading slump.

It was a fairly easy read and it kept me at the edge of my seat. Although I already saw the movie, reading the book gave me more insight about the character's thoughts. Would highly recommend this for those who would love to start reading thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence