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vthecreature's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Vomit, Medical trauma, Murder, and Alcohol
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Medical trauma, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Excrement, and Injury/Injury detail
amberinbookland'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
2.25
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder
princessgonchar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
I'll start with painfully unsurprising. Granted, this was published in 2006, but this idea of
The problem is that there was some surprise, but it came in the form of total nonsense. Like why in the world would
Also, I unequivocally hated every single character in this book. I want to make it clear that I didn't not like this book/its characters because it/they felt overly dark or it/they wasn't feminist enough. I mean the book is about child murder, it's going to be dark (and tbh nothing bothered me too much except for the
That being said: Camille wasn't endearing or even remotely sympathetic, there was literally no reason why she should have gone back to Missouri or why she stayed. I don't think the journalism thing was convincing enough. Richard sucked, her family sucked harder, and there was literally not a single character that made me go "well, at least they're in this scene." It was a constant battle of the characters to see who ended up my least favorite. And I hate to say it, but it might have been Camille.
I gave it two stars instead of one because I do genuinely think Gillian Flynn is good at writing. The voice in the novel was really good, and I liked a lot of the descriptions (even if it slowed things down a bit). Also, the reveal at the end with the
This was such a disappointment for me.
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Rape