at806's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Cancer, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Injury/injury detail, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Murder, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship
m0rdred_the_fallen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
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their sonNot gonna lie,
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AmySpoiler
Nick is codependent child with daddy issues and Amy is a narcisist with mommy issues that still has beef with a fictional alterego and her seven unborn older sisters. Honestly, neither of them is fit to be a parent.Go was always the voice of reason and Nick should have be fully honest from the start with her and heed her advice.
Also good ridance to the Elliots, those two should've never been parents and their seven unborn daughters dodged quite the bullet of having such passive-agressive a**hole of parents who wanted a robot, not a child. The irony of them being child psychologists who wrote those awful Amazing Amy books which I bet my life did more harm than they ever did good to a whole generation.
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This is also the only point I concede to Amy, her parents not only built an empire on her back, but also inmortalized every little dissapointment and failure so that she could never forget them.Graphic: Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Gaslighting, Stalking, and Self harm
Moderate: Violence, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Vomit, Mental illness, Sexual content, Dementia, Injury/injury detail, and Physical abuse
Minor: Child death, Incest, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Adult/minor relationship
optimisms's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Sexual content, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Injury/injury detail, Infidelity, Death, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Gaslighting, and Body horror
Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Sexism, Cancer, Sexual violence, Gore, Death of parent, Grief, Pregnancy, and Rape
Minor: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Incest, Alcohol, Child abuse, Classism, Dementia, and Stalking
sarah984's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Gaslighting, Infidelity, Dementia, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Stalking, Blood, Death, Vomit, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Terminal illness
Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Classism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, and Incest
Incest is alluded to several times but does not actually take place in the story.becca_w_'s review against another edition
- 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
3.75
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
Moderate: Fatphobia and Pedophilia
Minor: Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
emilykayvsthelibrary's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Toxic relationship, Rape, Misogyny, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, and Death of parent
Minor: Vomit, Child abuse, and Miscarriage
if you’re sensitive to it there’s a lot of profanity.magicalsocks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
“You two are the most fucked-up people I have ever met, and I specialize in fucked-up people.”
my god these white people are fucking craaaaaaaaaaaaazy.
devoured this completely within the span of four-ish hours and even with my advance knowledge of all the major plot point and spoilers it fully completely absolutely lived up to and surpassed the hype. 1 star taken off because the pacing of the post-reunion section felt off (personally i would have preferred a more ambiguous ending very shortly after the return - nick (1) genuinely and seriously titling his book “psycho bitch” and (2) genuinely and seriously being excited about bringing an actual child into that relationship fully destroyed my suspension of disbelief).
that said, maybe the first book i’ve read where i can so viscerally hate these characters for their ego and self-righteousness and inner monologue and simultaneously see some of my own flaws reflected within them so clearly. but maybe that’s just because i’m a virgo.
gillian flynn is a GENIUS.
Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Incest