Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

315 reviews

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

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

razylin's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.75

It takes a bit to get into it. I didn’t truly get invested until about halfway through part one. Then it started to slow down again after part three, and after that I was just anticipating getting to the end.
I think the twists are actually quite fresh and exciting. The twists that make your hands shake and jaw clench and force you to reread the page because you cannot believe what is happening are what Verity by C****** H***** was trying to achieve. The event revealed at the end is predictable and expected, but from all the tumultuousness of the story, I think the tameness of the ending is sort of refreshing.
Gillian Flynn does an Amazing (lol) job of getting you to love Character A and hate Character B and then swap those feelings and again it goes. It’s funny because it’s their flaws that are mainly present when building their characters, but through each shared perspective and description of each other you begin to love them and root for them despite what a contradictory desire that is. 

Also one more thing:  I can see why Amy and Cool Girl blew up on TikTok… she/they are the peak of Girlboss feminism. But I think the book forces you to recognize how flawed being a Girlboss actually is in the most disgusting way. And published in the era where the idea of Buzzfeed feminism and the Girlboss was just beginning to emerge… Gillian Flynn is a fucking genius.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault