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Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

23 reviews

magicalsocks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

(4/24/21)

“Love should require both partners to be their very best at all times. Unconditional love is an undisciplined love, and as we all have seen, undisciplined love is disastrous.”

“You two are the most fucked-up people I have ever met, and I specialize in fucked-up people.”

my god these white people are fucking craaaaaaaaaaaaazy. 

devoured this completely within the span of four-ish hours and even with my advance knowledge of all the major plot point and spoilers it fully completely absolutely lived up to and surpassed the hype. 1 star taken off because

the pacing of the post-reunion section felt off (personally i would have preferred a more ambiguous ending very shortly after the return - nick (1) genuinely and seriously titling his book “psycho bitch” and (2) genuinely and seriously being excited about bringing an actual child into that relationship   fully destroyed my suspension of disbelief).

that said, maybe the first book i’ve read where i can so viscerally hate these characters for their ego and self-righteousness and inner monologue and simultaneously see some of my own flaws reflected within them so clearly. but maybe that’s just because i’m a virgo.

gillian flynn is a GENIUS.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, and Incest

rosita's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The characters are so unlikeable, i did not enjoy being in their mind set at all. I thought about dnf-ing bc i was so uncomfortable, but the book traps you. I listened to it on audiobook, and every second I was not reading, I was thinking about the book, replaying scenes in my head, wondering what would happen next, I was obsessed. 
If you listen to it on audiobook, I recommend listening in 1.3 speed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cancer, Confinement, Drug use, Misogyny, and Dementia

Minor: Miscarriage

nxclx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

 

That was... an interesting book. In a way, I did want it to be Nick who killed her, especially after the mid-twist and the end-twist. It was very well set up, but also... chick is nuts. Good book overall, but Nick should kill her after the baby is born. Set her up. Take the last word.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Self harm, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Dementia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Cursing