Reviews tagging 'Death'

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

140 reviews

ethan5302's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

bergie99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Dementia, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Pregnancy

uisgeart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

3.5

Interesting book but pretty slow in the beginning. The voice acting and quality of the audio book itself was very good though. I really began to enjoy it more near the ending though, as my perspective of the individual characters changed. Was a fun read but also very long haha. I do recommend it nonetheless.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Grief

sharkfan's review against another edition

dark 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

2.0

The ending was terrible.  (Spoilers) there were things the cops could have done to find out she was lying - figure out where Desi was on the day she went missing, for example.  I felt like the author didn’t want a happy ending so made it seem like Amy was untouchable, when I don’t think that’s actually the case.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Death, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Dementia, and Death of parent

judyegallagher's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

marnash's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

2.75

Had high hopes for this one - I bought it a good few years ago but didn't reach for it for some reason. Then my mom highly recommended it after recently reading out so I thought it was time. I found the characters boring and VeryI didn't care for them at all, like didn't care if they succeeded or failed or anything. Unsympathetic. The plot twist was nice but it made the characters even less realistic and the ending was a complete disappointment. I recommended my mom a different book from the same sort of genre, and an amazing one imo - We Need To Talk About Kevin

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, and Murder

brzezinski's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• 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

4.5

I thought I’d heard enough about this book to have it be spoiled - I was wrong. A lot darker that I ever imagined, in the best way. Raw, unfiltered human thought and emotion. The “1984” of marriage. Delightfully difficult. The ending truly is the best part. 
Little to no character diversity, but it’s due to the setting which is fair. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

monstersinspace's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

1.0

Very obviously written in 2012 and did not age well. Neither Nick nor Amy are likable or complex anti-heroes. They BOTH suck and the author bends over backwards to make you root for Nick continuing to pile on to Amy's character in a “not all men bitches be crazy” 180 half way through the book. Having Amy lie about sexual assault is gross and harmful. I was expecting a good for her book and instead was just annoyed and found myself rolling my eyes constantly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

cateyackerman's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Infidelity, Blood, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Gaslighting

nanditha14's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

The plot twists are good. The book is difficult to get through because everyone is so intensely unlikable.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Pregnancy