2hermione4's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Alcoholism, Infertility, Blood, and Death of parent
Minor: Classism
taleofabibliophile'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
4.25
Graphic: Cancer, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Confinement, Cursing, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Domestic abuse, Stalking, Alcohol, Dementia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Classism, Drug use, Fatphobia, Medical content, and Racial slurs
taytayc23's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Self harm, and Murder
Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Terminal illness, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Rape, and Mental illness
ellagewerwhite's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Medical trauma, Cursing, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Vomit
ldoppstadt's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism
freja's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Mental illness, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Infertility, Fatphobia, Murder, Vomit, Violence, Blood, Sexual assault, Self harm, Rape, Infidelity, Dementia, Death of parent, Cancer, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Suicide attempt, Self harm, Miscarriage, and Stalking
mitskienthusiast's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Spoiler
this book is about how marriage between two narcissists work, you have two unreliable narrators that are fully convinced they are in the right and are able to change their feelings.Moderate: Toxic relationship
Minor: Blood, Vomit, Death of parent, and Alcoholism
soyreads's review against another edition
- 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
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.
Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence
rachelunabridged'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
5.0
Graphic: Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Death, and Cursing
Moderate: Pregnancy, Misogyny, Blood, and Alcoholism
Minor: Miscarriage and Death of parent
lovelyliterary's review against another edition
- 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
Spoiler
What an absolutely wild book. I loved the multiple POVs and reading Amy’s “diary entries” in the first half of the novel. Finding out later on that those entries were literally crafted to support Amy’s narrative in framing Nick for her murder... well, it was a total mind f$&@. I mean, writing 7 years worth of realistic (in the sense of timeline) diary entries? The woman is sickeningly brilliant.I felt bad for Nick. Cheating on Amy is obviously bad, but having him be set up to go down for a murder that didn’t even happen is just awful. And then having to live with Amy once she returns home and incriminates Desi as the one who kidnapped and assaulted her, NOT Nick, is also awful. She impregnates herself with Nick’s sperm to get him to stay with her, and it works. The ending implies that they are a time bomb, waiting to explode. They are quite literally, the nuclear family.
An exceptional piece of writing from Gillian Flynn, yet again.
Spoiler
Graphic: Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcoholism and Violence
Minor: Rape