Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Gone Girl - Das perfekte Opfer by Gillian Flynn

220 reviews

dilani's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

I watched the movie first before reading the book. Book Nick is way more of a dick and unlikable than I expected. He and Amy deserve each other. Entertained the whole way yet also felt grateful to not be in such a fucked up marriage. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Rape and Pregnancy

editorsansserif's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Infidelity, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Dementia, Rape, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

deparme's review against another edition

dark funny sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Minor: Murder, Vomit, Ableism, Stalking, and Pregnancy

wytnie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Dementia, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Death of parent, Self harm, Murder, Gaslighting, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

sapphron's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

5.0

A heavy psychological domestic thriller, emphasis on psychological. Flynn's ability to capture the mind of the twisted and wounded that's grounded in reality based psychology instead of caricature is mind-blowing and emotionally heavy. 

I had to put the book down after almost every chapter because of how much it affected me, in a good way, and I already read this book once before! And seen the movie! I knew what happens, but on my first read through as a teenager I didn't understand it the way I do now as an adult. I recalled it being boring and slow paced, but that is so far from the truth. Flynn's writing left me in awe. The way it's structured, the foreshadowing, the double meanings, the parallels - chef's kiss. I'm still thinking about it after completion as it left me with a lot to chew on. That's one of the hallmarks of a great book, in my opinion.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny

Moderate: Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Pregnancy, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Medical content

deshanejt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Top notch thriller... Genuinely. Some thing I could have lived without were all the fat-phobic, ageist and sexist remarks; The overly redundant obsession with reminding the reader "men suck/women suck". 

Nick and Amy were genuinely raw and unfiltered, both awful people in their own respects- yet I found unnecessary observations made about people's bodies..... On one hand it did help grind home your loathing for Nick and Amy, but c'mon. The descriptions were a little borderline and niche for my taste, which is sus if you ask me. 🤔

So much of this book centered around the internal monologue of someone trying to convince the reader why the opposite gender is trash... After the first couple hundred pages of that- we get it, the characters are sexist a**holes, now you're beating a dead horse.

At any rate, a stellar plot/storyline, just a little too much humdrum for me. 😅 Oddly enough, I would still recommend it. 🥴🤷🏻‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Self harm, Body shaming, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Cancer, Gaslighting, Classism, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Death of parent, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, and Medical content

Minor: Alcoholism, Vomit, Blood, Abortion, and Sexual content

aude'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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Cancer, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Blood, Rape, Dementia, and Miscarriage

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

zoebill96's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, and Blood

justwordsandink's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Blood, Self harm, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Gore, Violence, and Sexual assault