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Gone Girl - Das perfekte Opfer by Gillian Flynn

91 reviews

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn was an unputdownable thriller that keeps you glued to the page from cover to cover. I fell in love with these characters, then I fell in love with hating them, and I think that speaks to Flynn’s ability to write real and raw characters. Flynn thinks of everything here from tying up loose ends with ease to dealing with technology of the modern age. This was a perfectly laid out and planned novel, and was one of the most cohesive thrillers I’ve read recently. I loved this book, and I’m so glad I finally got around to reading it before seeing any major spoilers (somehow, one that I did see went right over my head because I was loving that book so much at the time I didn’t even notice the Gone Girl reference; for those of you wondering it’s House of Hollow). I really think that in terms of thrillers, this is one of the best. Not only does it keep you in the loop, but it also forces you to learn beside Nick in a way that is satisfying and infuriating, just like Amy would want. If you’ve not read it yet and love thrillers, definitely give it a read 

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Content Warnings

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

david_slack110507'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? Yes

5.0

You know a book is good when even a reading slump and an admittedly slow and uneventful first part of the book can't take away from your overall enjoyment and still leaves you with the decision to rate it 5 stars. It took me a while to finish this once started for two main reasons, 1) As mentioned earlier I was in a major reading slump, so I struggled to be even interested in some amazing other books I was reading at the time such as the AGGGTM series and 2) The first part of the book was really slow and difficult to get into. 

Gillian Flynn's writing is brilliant and feels much more complex than some of the other writing I've read before, the way she writes both Nick and Amy but particularly Amy is amazing (Pun intended). She makes sure that they are presented as awfully complex and toxic people yet gives them many layers that the reader can both love and hate them at the same time. I will admit that the supporting cast of characters isn't really developed beyond bits and pieces of detail, but they don't really have to be, this is a story between Nick and Amy and their complexities as characters. 

The book really hits its stride when it begins its second part, reading about Amy was much more fascinating to me because she's written with such brilliance that she genuinely believes that the things she is doing are a reasonable reaction to what Nick has done. She's a well-written example of a morally complex and grey female protagonist/character. I didn't expect this book to go into such gritty detail about Amy's plan, but it made her all the more interesting in how she rationalises her behaviour whilst Nick's perspective is also intriguing as he goes from loving his wife to hating her and planning to kill her within a second's notice. 

I'm really glad that I read the book rather than watch the movie first (which I will be doing soon hopefully) as I feel like I wouldn't have had the motivation to read this if I already knew what happens and if I knew how long it would take me to finish it. Looking forward to potentially reading more of Flynn's novels in the future and seeing how their adaptations fare in comparison to the source material. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

Minor: Deadnaming, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Dementia

sammm_888's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

nattiehewitt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

asmallgremlin's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Amy is a psycho but I still love her
Nick is not too awful anymore 
That was a very well executed plot
Good story 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Cursing

visnisme's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sjanke2's review against another edition

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

megmahoney1's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

This was such a page turner, I really enjoyed my time with this one. I particularly enjoyed this idea of ‘Cool Girl’ and the unreliable yet thought provoking discourse regarding feminism and misogyny. It was also just really entertaining and I found all of the characters unlikable to some extent but still very interesting. It was a solid October read. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit and Death of parent

odeer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing and Murder

Minor: Death, Rape, and Death of parent

loggskywalker's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting