Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn

77 reviews

shelbielehto's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

This might be the most fucked up book I’ve ever read, but I could not put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

dstensland's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

2.75

The misogyny and detailed descriptions of minors bodies ruined the story

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail

tok_al's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Alcohol

celina246's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

a tragic, dark read. reading it kind of left me wondering whether the point was a murder mystery, an insight into the psychology of childhood trauma or a mixture of both. eventually, i settled on both, especially given the ending. Gillian Flynn is a brilliant writer, but i don't know if I loved the book...i didn't really get as much satisfaction from it by the end as I hoped. maybe that was the point.

i just hate reading about rape, children being murdered in detail, adult/minor (even though technically he isn't) relationships etc., in books.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Abandonment

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cancer, and Kidnapping

sarah984's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

Deeply silly and predictable, this contains a lot of images that the author clearly thought sounded really cool, and some very weird thoughts on women. I wasn't surprised to see in the afterword that this was her debut.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Classism

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Racism, Rape, Torture, Trafficking, and Kidnapping

korrianderrr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

insomniacsun's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

Questo libro ha fatto la muffa nella mia TBR da quando ci è entrato anni fa dopo aver divorato Gone girl. Forse è perchè sono sempre stata una persona che digerisce i suoi libri lentamente, e l'ultimo libro della Flynn mi ha lasciato sazia per un bel po'. Dopo Sharp objects, posso dire che la fame di psychological thrillers si è placata nuovamente, ma non tolgo il fatto che continuo a leccarmi le dita per il pasto da 3 stelle michelin. Complimenti allo chef. 
Tornando a noi. 

Gillian Flynn continua a darmi gioie con protagoniste malsane circondate da persone altrettanto tossiche e non è da poco riuscire nell'impresa, soprattutto considerando il surplus degli ultimi anni di "morally gray female characters" che molto spesso di gray hanno ben poco, e ancora meno carattere. Camille è una protagonista antipatica e insicura, vittima di una comunità altrettanto insopportabile, ma seguirla lungo questa vicenda è stato un piacere: le descrizioni crude e inappropriate riflettono perfettamente il modo in cui Camille è stata cresciuta e inquadrano a dovere la mentalità del resto del cast.

Il fattore thriller sembrerà più debole rispetto ad altri libri in quanto, più che incentrarsi sul non sapere chi sia l'assassino, si cela più nella suspense di vedere come la protagonista scoprirà del colpevole del crimine: nonostante la prima persona, Camille è pur sempre una protagonista non affidabile, il che rende l'attesa molto più intrigante.
Dopotutto, l'ambientazione è incentrata in una piccola cittadina del Missouri e lo spazio per immensi colpi di scena non c'era. Anzi, il senso di claustrofobia permea attraverso le pagine, facendoci passare per le solite strade, incrociando sempre le solite persone, in un girotondo perpetuo.

Considerando l'anno di pubblicazione, è un vero toccasana vedere questo twist della dinamica uomo-donna tipico dei thriller. Ho adorato come la psicologia e le dinamiche femminili abbiano dominato giustamente la storia: tra i gossip differenti nei vari circoli, alla gerarchia e popolarità scolastica, ai tumultuosi rapporti madre-figlia. A quest'ultimo aspetto la Flynn dedica particolare attenzione con frasi memorabili, la cui presenza nei social è consolidata da anni. Chapeau.

Detto questo, si nota come questo sia stato il debutto dell'autrice, per alcune ripetizioni un po' pesanti, ma particolarmente per la conclusione un po' troppo sbrigativa: invece di narrarla attraverso i ricordi di Camille, avrei preferito vivere la situazione al momento. 
Inoltre, ho trovato alcune frasi dell'epilogo un po' goffe,

riguardanti l'abuso delle due sorelle fosse stato riflesso in modo diverso, una internamente e l'altra esternamente

quando un minimo velo introspettivo avrebbe aiutato.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

ciaramcv's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

sammm_888's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual content, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail