Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

680 reviews

atringas's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

kap7818's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Murder

rytaylor's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad

• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

Yeah this one fucked me up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

sarahliz__'s review against another edition

dark sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Murder, 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

leonorxlx's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Murder, and Alcohol

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

whatisromyreading's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

4.0

This was a slow burn for me. I thought I knew and then was surprised at the twist. I enjoyed the read, but it wasn’t captivating. I fell asleep a few times and it was on of those reads that I was in too deep to not see the outcome. I was tempted to cheat and just watch the series lol.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Murder

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