Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Gone Girl - Das perfekte Opfer by Gillian Flynn

143 reviews

breedawnwriter's review against another edition

challenging 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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I really really enjoyed this book, but it’s too sexual for my tastes. I also can’t decide if I love or hate the ending, so there’s that.

If you like psychological thrillers, I’d recommend it. However, I would NOT recommend this to anyone under 18 because of the descriptive sexual content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

Moderate: Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

smallragingoth's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Toxic relationship and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Death, Infidelity, Misogyny, Blood, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Toxic friendship

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

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

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

I loved the writing and the overall plot but I’m not a fan of the ending and some parts felt unnecessary. I liked how the plot twist happened more so in the middle but it left the ending sort of boring for me. I liked the back and forth of the characters and as a reader constantly going back and forth who’s crazier. I feel like it’s one of those you can reread and really pick up on personality flaws that may explain the characters from the beginning. I recommend it. But it’s not the best Gillian Flynn book she’s written and it’s definitely not the best thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

lukutoukkaems'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Miscarriage, Abortion, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

leialeilani's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-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

3.5

Would have been 4 stars if it hadn’t taken 150-200 pages to get interesting. I almost stopped reading because it was so slow to reveal anything beyond the initial setup.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Infidelity, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

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

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

2hermione4's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcoholism, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Classism

randirush's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Rape and Alcohol