Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

101 reviews

blymanor's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious slow-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Infertility, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Pregnancy, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Incest, Miscarriage, Vomit, Stalking, and Death of parent

sonjaswanson's review against another edition

challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

I will be thinking about this book for a while. I saw the movie in theaters and remember all the feelings I had then. I feel the movie is very accurate to the book. The whole time I was thinking “I wish I could read this blindly” because I know these plot twists would be so good. I love the unreliable narrators. I love super flawed characters. I love the satire and critique for men/women dynamics, true crime in media, and so much more. There is so much to analyze I wish I was reading this with somebody to talk it out. Amazing book, can’t wait to read more from the author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Cancer, Infertility, Miscarriage, and Medical content

broccoligirl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage and Stalking

Minor: Vomit

twilightfan420's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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

4.0

I would do the same thing if a man dulled my sparkle! 

In all seriousness I thought the plot and character development was very smart and engaging. The only thing better than one unreliable narrator is two! My main critique was pacing; the book was so long I felt like it dragged at points before Nick discovered Amy’s plan. But very happy the cat didn’t die <3

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Kidnapping, and Pregnancy

kassidypf13's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting

marlisenicole's review against another edition

tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

hannahmg's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

2.0

 0/1 overall
1/2 writing/structure/character creation
1/2 enjoyment

I would not recommend this book.

Overall I did not enjoy this book, the first 250 page were not needed and were poorly written, the last 50 pages were as bad as the first part of the book. I only enjoyed a small snippet of the book. The length of this triller is way to long and unnecessary. I felt like I was reading a first draft of a idea.

The writing was partly smart with good ideas but poorly done, the journal extracts giving us a unreliable pov which was smart, reminded me of Dracula, but this was done in a manner which made it worthless, more dialogue than actually description, this was so unrealistic it was unnecessary to make it seem like a dairy. Nicks pov was closer to a dairy than Amy's own dairy entries. The repetition was unbearable, -yes Nick we get it you have a mistress and she is young, very young, and pretty.
The character creation was immense and well though through, Amy and Nick are both so realistic but fucked up at the same time. This is one of the major reasons it is a two and not a one star review.

I thought there was a lot of unnecessary added details, the level of Misogyny and sexism was not needed and weakly touched on at the end. Specifically the character of Nick's father who has Dementia and becomes extremely misogynistic, with the use of the slur "bitch" in both his speech and Nicks thoughts. Why add this, I just think the book would of been fine without it and it didn't feel like a representation of any sorts but more a tick for the check list and even excusing the behaviour.

I was very disappointed in the trigger warning list i found (Storygraph). Yes it is a thriller, we should expect triggering things but at the end of the day the book should have a page of trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

zdhunt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Murder

katerinamckenna's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cursing and Classism

janewa's review against another edition

dark funny inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-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

4.0

I was already a big fan of the film, so when I started the book I was primed to compare and contrast, but by the time I’d got my teeth into it I had forgot about the film! The framing device that the book uses is great, really sets it apart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Medical content, Kidnapping, Stalking, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Suicide, Vomit, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship