Reviews tagging 'Blood'

The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

25 reviews

grclnntt's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Animal cruelty and Blood

risaleel's review

dark mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, and Vomit

spool's review

funny mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Blood

thebookpaiges's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Vomit, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Death, Animal cruelty, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Blood and Classism

dianadelacruisin's review

dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual content, and Vomit

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Kidnapping

deanchaudhri's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

the last gillian flynn book i had left to read :) fun little short story that plays with the haunted house evil kid trope in an entertaining clever way. wish the ending was a bit more concrete tho 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Child death, Sexual content, and Vomit

sharonus's review

dark mysterious fast-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

3.0

Seemed like an outline to a novel that never was.  I was quickly drawn in with rich descriptions, but then the writing got really sparse.  It was as if the author was tasked with writing a 1200 word essay and realized she was almost at that mark.   The end of the book was building to the climax, then plot twist! Then another plot twist! Then a really disappointing kind of boring ending.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence, Gaslighting, Infidelity, and Murder

Minor: Vomit, Blood, Suicide, and Animal cruelty

tey_lynn's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Infidelity, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Animal cruelty, Blood, Vomit, and Cursing

exlibrissum's review

mysterious tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content

Moderate: Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Murder

Minor: Blood

sonjaswanson's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

I read this book because it was short and it would help me get to my 2023 reading goal. It was a nice, easy, quick read. Some pets were predictable, but I can’t expect too much from a short story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, and Infidelity

Minor: Animal cruelty, Confinement, and Murder