Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

376 reviews

nicholas_sparks's review against another edition

dark fast-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: Murder, Self harm, Emotional abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Vomit

catpolhamus's review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Bullying, Death, Vomit, Drug use, Grief, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Alcoholism, Animal death, Blood, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

stilestastic's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Vomit, Terminal illness, Mental illness, Murder, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Child death, Blood, Alcohol, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, and Medical content

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Body horror, Sexual content, Violence, Dysphoria, and Gore

Minor: Eating disorder, Abandonment, Torture, Animal cruelty, Gaslighting, Cancer, and Addiction

geck_h8's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

I got into the characters after so much trauma and chaos but toward the end it seemed to unravel and the ending was predictable and quick compared to the great build of the story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Toxic friendship, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Sexual content, Mental illness, Bullying, Drug use, Child death, Murder, Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Addiction, Animal cruelty, and Bullying

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

2.5

Deeply silly and predictable, this contains a lot of images that the author clearly thought sounded really cool, and some very weird thoughts on women. I wasn't surprised to see in the afterword that this was her debut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Medical content, Misogyny, Child abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Grief

Moderate: Alcoholism, Classism, Eating disorder, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Fatphobia, and Murder

Minor: Kidnapping, Ableism, Rape, Animal death, Bullying, Torture, Trafficking, Addiction, Body shaming, and Racism

shisomi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Self harm, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Child death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Death, and Emotional abuse

communoid's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Grief, Drug use, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Bullying, Self harm, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Body shaming, Abandonment, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Emotional abuse, Chronic illness, Child death, and Suicide

caththereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

2.5

This is a book I would never have read if it wasn’t my book club choice for the month.

I didn’t like any of the characters, I guessed the murderer within the first chapter and just felt wildly uncomfortable throughout.

If you struggle with self harm or anything of that nature there are vivid descriptions of the main character doing this to herself, so I would give this book a wide berth.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Mental illness, Violence, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, Child death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

johall7'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? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Death, Self harm, Murder, Child death, and Grief

Moderate: Classism, Emotional abuse, and Medical trauma

Minor: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

louriot28's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Self harm, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Eating disorder