Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

346 reviews

pamnc's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

zouubugz's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No

2.0

Where to start ?

The characters were truly all despicable, I wanted to hit them all in the face. I don't really like the writing and the author apparently loves to sexualise the body of 13yo girl or talk about how active their sex lives were and I found this really disturbing. 
Also, our main character used to self harm and I think the depiction of it was offensive and it just seems to me like the author never s-h before or even talked to someone who did and only used it to make her character more "interesting". I hated it.

I read the whole thing in a day because I was foolishly hoping the ending would be worth it but now it's 3am and I'm deeply disappointed cause wtf. Anyone could have seen this coming from miles away and there were literal plot holes. Oh and the whole thing was unrealistic. 

Conclusion: waste of time and money.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

sambavi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.5

Very fast-paced and had me hooked. I was hoping the twist at the end would have came in a bit earlier, it felt a bit late and not as well developed. 

The end made me think about whether children can be inherently evil and correction facilities for kids.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, and Violence

siddydakiddy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Grief, and Murder

Minor: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

gracelynnreads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Sexual assault

debbilynn42's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming and Fatphobia

sakerattminnas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Vomit

squid_marie's review against another edition

dark fast-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

I don’t think any other book has ever made me as constantly and consistently uncomfortable throughout the entire thing. You simultaneously feel bad for all characters but horrified and disgusted by all their actions

(except for Richard, Curry and Eileen who may be the only decent morally uncorrupted characters).

Couldn’t stop reading tho, pace was excellent and finished it over a weekend.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, and Self harm

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic friendship

vik777's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Sexual content, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Sexual assault

milliad's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

Wow.
Firstly, I was drawn to this book because I love the movie of Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, and so I wanted to dive into her writing as well. Flynn is obviously an incredibly talented author.
This book made me feel physically repulsed during multiple instances. None of the characters bar Eileen and Curry are good (and those two are the best!) people, all a bit flawed and messed up in some way. And this follows through with their decisions, which are often morally and ethically reprehensible. Flynn succeeded in making me feel repulsed and shocked, which I feel is truly a testament to her prose.
Mostly I found Camille, the main character, to have absolutely vile and twisted views on what is considered acceptable behaviour and even what is sexual assault and what isn’t - but I acknowledge this as her characterisation stemming from her childhood, in which case it is well done. She is truly an unlikeable protagonist in many aspects.

You can definitely guess and suspect the murderer from around halfway through the book, but even so I found myself enthralled in the mystery and still shocked at the twist ending.

I won’t be keeping this book in my collection - partially because I have too many, but also partially because I wouldn’t read it again. It was excellent and I’m glad I read it, but it’s a story dark enough to only read once, personally.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual assault, and Sexual content