Reviews tagging Abandonment

Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn

3 reviews

clairemm's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

5.0

Wow. Just wow. I read through this in two days and it was so hard to put it down and go to sleep the first day. The details just weave together perfectly and I couldn't find a single plot hole. I also love the writing style, it feels so personal and you really get to know the (extremely unlovable) characters. The last section was the perfect culmination for the f*cked up plot. If you like dark, mysterious psychological thrillers, you absolutely have to read this.

Some of the criticisms I'm seeing from other reviews are that it was too slow-paced and the diary entries were bad. I disagree, I think there was a twist at least every second chapter that really kept things moving. The diary entries were also my personal writing style, so maybe I'm biased about that. I also think

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when you find out the truth about the character's true personality in the second section, the juxtaposition between that and the diary entries is an excellent vehicle for the plot and character.

I can't deny that the book is about extremely privileged and white characters, however I feel like the author uses that as another way to not sympathize with them rather than using it as a "plus" to redeem the characters a bit, if that makes sense?

Please see content warnings first though, there are quite a lot of them.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Violence, Emotional abuse, Death, Physical abuse, Stalking, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Blood, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Pregnancy

sleepysadpoet's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexism

Minor: Alcohol, Infidelity, and Abandonment

rachaelallyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt