Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

308 reviews

ghost3_14159's review

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

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

katesant's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Eating disorder and Murder

krystalframe's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Infidelity

Minor: Murder

itkit's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Self harm, Blood, and Gaslighting

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, and Kidnapping

beeping_librarian'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

3.75

Engaging, gripping, creepy. No one is likeable. Unreliable narrator grew tiring. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Miscarriage and Pregnancy

pete55's review against another edition

reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Gaslighting

Moderate: Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mothstrand's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cancer, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Moderate: Confinement, Drug use, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Miscarriage and Vomit

kassandrahg's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

4.25

A really good story! The cunning but unreliable narrators were engrossing. The story unfolds in such a brilliant way. Nick and Amy are so deliciously toxic- partners teasing out deeper derangement in one another. 

It did start off slow and seemingly predictable but picked up. The absurdity of the twists, while somewhat predictable,  were captivating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Rape, Toxic relationship, and Violence

seabergj's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

1.0

Book was obviously well written, but ultimately the book was too disturbing for me - too graphic, too much language, too much violence, too much!!! Felt gross. I like thrillers but not this gritty. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence