Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Cry Baby - Scharfe Schnitte by Gillian Flynn

188 reviews

magfiquista13'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm and Sexual violence

katydidreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Mental illness, Self harm, Murder, Sexual violence, Death, Child death, and Addiction

hilaryj10's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

A dark and twisted story. A bit of a slow burn but you easily get hooked. The twist at the end was messed up and I did not suspect it. Very well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

dstensland's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Eating disorder, Terminal illness, Child death, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Death, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Blood, Drug abuse, Drug use, Vomit, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Kidnapping

dakotajade's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Vomit, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Bullying, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

haileyanne's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Gillian Flynn you’ve done it again! This so disturbing and beautiful! Trigger warnings up the wazoo. Slay mama.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Body horror

Moderate: Murder, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Medical trauma

Minor: Bullying, Rape, and Animal cruelty

cardboardcat's review against another edition

dark 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: Child death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Child abuse, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Sexual violence

virtuadoll's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Blood, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Bullying, Body shaming, Self harm, Child death, Emotional abuse, Murder, Alcoholism, and Grief

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, Medical content, Vomit, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, and Rape

wordssearched's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

2.0

I picked this up primarily because I love Amy Adams and wanted to watch the series based on the book—and obviously one must read the source material first. Thus, I didn't think much about what it was about and found myself confronted with more violent material than I was expecting. Having read Gone Girl, I knew the Flynn deals in darkly complex women, but even so this felt gratuitously macabre for no particular reason. Maybe for people who enjoy shows like Criminal Minds, but that isn't me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Toxic relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Murder, Sexual violence, and Alcohol

zerkleoflife'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? Yes

4.0

Gillian Flynn is a fantastic author. Every character was extremely complex. I took off a point because so many scenes made me really uncomfortable (in the ways the author intended). A lot of things were really shocking but still made sense to the characters. I sort of guessed the end because I understood the characters, not necessarily because it was super predictable. Definitely check the trigger warnings!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Gore, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Violence, Alcohol, and Grief

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Rape