Reviews tagging 'Toxic friendship'

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

26 reviews

jessie_roz's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Self harm, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

cammiem8's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective 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

4.75

The “cool girl” excerpt and the about face turn of the reveal at the half way point of this novel are some of the most brilliant bits of writing I’ve ever experienced in the thriller genre. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Cursing

Moderate: Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Vomit, Toxic friendship, Rape, Domestic abuse, Self harm, and Death of parent

Minor: Body shaming and Incest

None of these characters are good people, and as such they do terrible things to one another.

singalana's review against another edition

dark reflective 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

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Dementia, Vomit, Death, Alcohol, Pregnancy, and Misogyny

Minor: Vomit, Toxic friendship, and Suicidal thoughts

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

bugthebard's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Emotional abuse, Dementia, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, and Misogyny

Moderate: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Terminal illness, Self harm, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia, Vomit, Stalking, and Pregnancy

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

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