Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

140 reviews

atalea's review

dark mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Murder, and Alcoholism

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Pedophilia, Blood, Rape, Sexual content, Child death, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Animal death

madelinekramer2021's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Grief, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Gore, and Self harm

jjgerend's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Blood, Toxic relationship, Mental illness, Body horror, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Body shaming, and Child death

Moderate: Vomit, Sexual content, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Bullying

livbeveridge's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

This book was such a let down. I loved gone girl and thought I’d be just satisfied with this one … I was wrong. I had already guessed the “twist” and who the murderer was so there was no surprise there and the reveal/end was so subpar. On top of that I couldn’t like or connect to a single character even Camille who we are meant to root for. A lacklustre whodunnit that uses vulgar and stomach churning imagery to try to cover up its flaws.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Self harm, Sexual assault, Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Rape, Violence, Sexual content, Vomit, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Gore, Alcohol, Blood, and Mental illness

alanadriggers's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Self harm, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Body horror, Alcoholism, and Cursing

elanuruysal's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Alcohol, and Self harm

Moderate: Blood and Animal death

Minor: Abandonment

mariebrrr's review against another edition

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Rape, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Medical content, Murder, Physical abuse, Blood, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, and Addiction

lorie266's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use and Death

Minor: Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Medical content, and Lesbophobia

anushka_17's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Torture, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, and Child death

twilightfan420's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.25

This is my first Gillian Flynn read and I’m obsessed!!!! Deciding whether or not to start Gone Girl immediately after…. I love the pacing of this book; it feels mysterious, dizzying and captivating all at the same time. The ending was a bit of a twist and satisfying in a way that seemed realistic to the end of a plot. I’m too sensitive so the allusions to and descriptions of the pig farm made me upset and feel sick but that’s the mark of a good book innit. Hoping the TV show holds up since I enjoyed the book so much!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Medical trauma, Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Self harm

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, and Violence