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L'amore bugiardo by Gillian Flynn

196 reviews

mashtonok's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Was interested in the first half, then invested for 20 pages of act 2, then completely uninterested in anything said or done until the last 30 pages. The last 30 had me hooked. This was a roller coaster of whether I wanted to finish the book or not.

The writing itself was super vivid, and the characters' voices were super strong. Glad I decided to finish.

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annasimpsonx's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense 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

4.5

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garrpla's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I enjoyed this novel for the unreliable narrator aspects but found myself really disturbed by the ending for a while. It begs the question of, should you still hope for a happy ending even when someone doesn’t deserve a happy ending? I also found myself disturbed by some of the main characters as well, but not in a way that was extremely off putting to me to put this in DNF.

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barelylivingdeadgirl's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-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

3.5

When I finally got into it, the plot was interesting enough to have me reading pretty quickly. I liked the focus on the characters over the plot, which is unusual in thriller books. The plot was clever and the twists were alright, but not as good as I hoped. I was underwhelmed after seeing the rave reviews, but I understand why people like it. I just didn't love it. I think it could have been much shorter as well.

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emminkirjakasa's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Olisin varmasti tykännyt kirjasta enemmän, jos en olisi nähnyt elokuvaa aikaisemmin.

Kirja oli silti todella uniikki ja tykkäsin kerronta tavasta paljon. Sekä Nick että Amy ovat inhottavia ja vihattavia hahmoja, mikä oli ihanaa vaihtelua muista kirjoista jota olen lukenut.

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ineedrhythm's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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katie0528's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
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

God I forgot how freaking good this book is. It's very much dated, with the characters laid off magazine writers who lost their job to the internet and the 2008 crash, but the twists and turns are so good. The first half of the book alternates between the day Nick Dunne discovers his wife Amy has gone missing and her diary detailing the early days of their relationship. The second half is Nick, buckling under his secrets and police pressure, and Amy's own story of what happened that day. It reminds me of the Interrupter's song lyric "I'm a match, she's kerosene."

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