Reviews tagging 'Vomit'

Sharp Objects, by Gillian Flynn

144 reviews

_terah_hansen_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Self harm, Vomit, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Drug use

crybbyxxx's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm

Moderate: Grief, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Murder, Death, Vomit, Alcohol, Terminal illness, and Child death

Minor: Addiction

mdeck24's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Self harm

Moderate: Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Injury/injury detail, Rape, Alcoholism, Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Child death, and Drug use

juliettefirla's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Self harm

bluejeepbaby's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit and Self harm

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Rape

tkatt20's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense 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? No

3.5

This book contains very descriptive and serious topics and content, please proceed with caution and look up a full list of TWs for this book, I also have a list at the end of my reveiw of some I took note of.

This was a ride. The premise it's was good, it felt like reading a Criminal Minds episode for the first 100 or so pages, but then we entered into the second half where things dragged and got weirder and more off-putting, and not in a good way, more of a "why is this thirty+ year old taking drugs from a 13 year old" way. I did genuinely like the main plots of the book, but once the MC has a few vastly inappropriate interactions with underage characters I was a little checked out. 
I did keep reading for the mystery though. I was so certain I knew who the killer was but was quickly proven wrong at the end. I thought the characters were very interesting, mostly unlikable, but interesting nonetheless, and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing how they all responded to the crimes going on in their little town. If you're looking for a multi-layered, macabre mystery, then this will be perfect for you, otherwise I would go looking for something a little lighter and to preserve a little bit of the innocence you may have left.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Alcoholism, Vomit, Mental illness, Bullying, and Child death

Moderate: Abandonment, Toxic friendship, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Grief

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Classism, Lesbophobia, Cancer, and Cannibalism

livlovread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Vomit, Death, Child death, Gore, Self harm, Injury/injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual assault

payaut's review against another edition

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

2.75

parts of this book made me feel physically i’ll, and i disliked the main character so much

Spoiler

why did she have to have sex w that 18 year old i feel like that just ruined her character for me…i could almost understand her before that but it was all downhill from there before the epilogue

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Vomit, Sexual content, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Medical content, Sexual assault, Bullying, and Death

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty

josieschahn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Vomit, Child death, Self harm, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

cheesyqueso'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

2.5

There's definitely an effort from the author to make the book disturbing. Not a fan of the random "word flares" concept.  It got old quickly. The book was pretty predictable. The plot twist at the end was abrupt and felt rushed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Murder