Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

9 reviews

jessahrens's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

Big slay!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship and Infidelity

Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Pregnancy, Death, Violence, Self harm, Rape, and Misogyny

Minor: Abortion

lukutoukkaems's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Blood, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Death of parent, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Miscarriage

nabila99's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.0

as someone who adores david fincher's film adaptation of this book, and watched the film first, reading it was actually quite revelatory. because of the nature of film and TV, it's not always possible to show a character's introspection and inner world the way it is in a book - and gone girl the novel felt very introspective compared to gone girl the film.

i especially enjoyed how much more of amy we get in the book, even if

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it is just Diary Amy, and i genuinely found her pov very poignant, despite my knowledge of how the story would go

. it was also very enlightening to see nick's 

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misogyny, how he battles against it throughout the whole book but is still a shitty man in many ways, how parental attitudes and bigotries are passed down

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while i did find that the book dragged a bit at times (especially in nick's chapters), and the ending was a bit abrupt and ambiguous, i flew through the story and was always engaged. what a ride!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Dementia, Drug use, Terminal illness, Vomit, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Medical content, Abortion, and Kidnapping

rakizaka's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Violence, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Dementia, and Gaslighting

Minor: Incest, Vomit, Abortion, Rape, Self harm, Blood, Cancer, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

khakipantsofsex's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense

• 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

Graphic: Emotional abuse and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

dinahn's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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: Murder, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Infertility, Infidelity, Violence, Sexual violence, and Rape

Minor: Abortion, Vomit, Violence, Stalking, and Pregnancy

soyreads's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

A good domestic thriller that got me out of my reading slump.

It was a fairly easy read and it kept me at the edge of my seat. Although I already saw the movie, reading the book gave me more insight about the character's thoughts. Would highly recommend this for those who would love to start reading thriller. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Blood, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

lylagrace'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Rape and Stalking

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, and Suicide

vanhook's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• 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

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Infidelity

Minor: Abortion, Blood, Murder, and Stalking