Reviews tagging Murder

Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn

159 reviews

leialeilani's review

challenging dark reflective tense 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

3.5

Would have been 4 stars if it hadn’t taken 150-200 pages to get interesting. I almost stopped reading because it was so slow to reveal anything beyond the initial setup.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Emotional abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Gaslighting, and Infidelity

Minor: Terminal illness, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Stalking, Miscarriage, Blood, Cancer, Death of parent, and Vomit

taylorgarcia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

Just. Wow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Murder, Death, and Rape

Moderate: Violence and Fatphobia

Minor: Racism

zuppakappa's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Torture, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Self harm, Rape, and Physical abuse

kaddyren's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-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

4.25

Disturbing. Classic cool girl monologue and isolated quotes but the rich people problems were not my favorite. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Murder, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

silene's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

4.5

Brilliantly constructed with powerful voices, Gone Girl presents a tangle of character flaws pushed to the extreme. Read with caution, and trust none of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Vomit, Violence, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Murder and Rape

Minor: Miscarriage

livistra's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

amazing book, kept me hooked the entire time, I loved the writing and the storyline. this book is genius

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Death, Murder, and Injury/injury detail

doomluz's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

I love the movie and wanted to read this for years.

Spoiler

The first half was kind of slow or didn't keep my attention as well as the second half when it switches from diary Amy to Amy's POV, though actual Amy is way scarier and frustrating than "diary Amy".

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Blood

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Confinement, and Suicide attempt

nattiehewitt's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gaslighting, Infertility, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Death of parent, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Stalking, Alcohol, Blood, Suicide, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Murder, and Rape

2hermione4's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Injury/injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Alcoholism, Infertility, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Classism

randirush's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Murder, Blood, and Confinement

Moderate: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol and Rape