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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

116 reviews

morganegrant's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

itsdanibee's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, and Alcohol

simiona'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

3.5

The story line is great and enticing and leaves you wanting more after you have read 250 pages. Then that’s when the story really ramps up, only to be finished in what felt like Flynn needing to meet a deadline. 

Was an enjoyable read nevertheless

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Vomit

thatgirlemili's review

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: Emotional abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Cancer, Miscarriage, Dementia, and Death of parent

soyreads's review

dark 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

A good domestic thriller that got me out of my reading slump.

It was a fairly easy read and it kept me at the edge of my seat. Although I already saw the movie, reading the book gave me more insight about the character's thoughts. Would highly recommend this for those who would love to start reading thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

herelieshenry's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

chxska's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

HOLY SHIT that was quite a book. i watched the movie 5-6 years ago, and i’m glad i didn’t remember the specifics.
this was SUCH A GOOD BOOK i don’t even know what to say.

when it’s revealed that the diary entries are FAKE i just knew i was up for a HELL of a ride. i knew the basics of the movie, and i wasn’t sure how it would pan out in the book format but it went SO WELL.

5 stars no wonder it’s such a good movie highly recommend can’t wait to read sharp objects!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

eve_o's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Infertility, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

mholliday's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

readsandrants's review

dark mysterious tense 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

3.0

Well I have to give it to Gillian Flynn, she created a cast of characters that I throughly despised. There were multiple times that I wrote in the margins that I wanted to burn the book because it was just making me feel too many different things that I hated.
There’s a user on goodreads who perfectly explained exactly how I feel about this book but I’ll briefly explain it here: amy is so perfect you want to puke,

the couple goes from “I love you” to “I hate you and I’m framing you for my murder” and “I hate you and I’m constantly thinking about killing you”

, the couple is just really irritating in general, and the ending makes you want to throw your book at a wall.

I thought the whole time that maybe Justice would be served but we got a baby instead.
And the fact that Amy was so methodical and well planed but suddenly she’s robbed, believes that two faked interviews are real and that her husband loves her, AND is basically held captive by desi (she couldn’t leave the house because he had the password for the gate, but I acknowledge she wasn’t held “captive” in the way she claims).

It was just really frustrating to see how this entire book played out in the end.
Nonetheless, I think this was a good read, albeit a quite frustrating one, but I think that was kind of the purpose of it. I just felt like there was some loose ends that personally I needed to be tied up before it ended.
3 ⭐️ 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship