Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

220 reviews

readingwithcoffee's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Everyone in this story is so disturbed (positive for the thriller). Heads up, though the violence to the victims but especially self harm is very graphic. If you have triggers about self harm especially cutting, please take that seriously into consideration before reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Alcohol, Animal death, Addiction, Alcoholism, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Murder, Self harm, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Bullying, Incest, Torture, Rape, and Panic attacks/disorders

sydgolt's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

It was good! the writing was good, the story was good, i was just hoping for a bit more i guess.

Spoiler

Adora having MBP was a little predictable, and the murderer being Amma was also predictable. It felt like a bit of a stretch on the authors part to try to make it seem like john or someone else did it. honeslty i would’ve been better if someone completely unsuspecting ended up being the murderer.

. All around it was good, just fell short in a couple ways. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Murder, and Sexual content

floweratmyfeet's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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, Vomit, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Rape and Violence

beverytender's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Suicide

mrsm_lovesbook's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

The book itself wasn't bad, but it's definitely not my cup of tea. I knew going in it was uncovering a twisted murder and would be gruesome, but there were many, many times I felt the language was vulgar and made me very uncomfortable as a reader. In the end, I was just happy to be done with the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Self harm

Moderate: Bullying, Torture, and Mental illness

Minor: Vomit and Rape

chlohss24's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Good intense Murder story. Intriguing plot twists, very triggering 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Murder, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Rape, and Sexual violence

Minor: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Vomit, and Suicidal thoughts

cosmicoats's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Rape and Sexual assault

julia3998's review against another edition

dark medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Self harm, Rape, and Medical trauma

Minor: Vomit

jader30's review against another edition

dark sad 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

2.75

This book reads like a murder drama Netflix show.

While it was certainly a page turner, I can't say I particularly liked it. This book uses every possible opportunity to insert drama into the plot to an absurd degree. The characters are melodramatic and at times unbelievable. The amount of trigger warnings needed for this book also seems like it just unnecessarily alienates a lot of readers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual content and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape

maddie_d_316's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Domestic abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Child abuse, Self harm, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Body horror