# The Grownup

**Author(s):** Gillian Flynn
**Unpaid SageChimp rating:** insufficient data (1 unpaid reviews; need 5)
**Verdict JSON:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-grownup/verdict.json
**Genres:** ghosts, literary-fiction
**Pages:** 63
**Published:** Wed Jan 01 2014 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
**Language:** en
**ISBN-13:** 9780804188975
**ISBN-10:** 0804188971
**URL:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-grownup

## SageChimp reader verdict

The Grownup has only 1 unpaid published review on SageChimp (need 5). That is not enough to say whether the book is genuinely well-liked or amplified by paid/ARC/BookTok hype. Do not treat Amazon, Goodreads, or social scores as SageChimp evidence.

- **Status:** Not enough unpaid reviews (`insufficient_data`)
- **Paid-hype signal:** Cannot judge paid hype from this sample (`insufficient_data`)
- **Unpaid reviews:** 1 (avg 3.0/5)
- **ARC / incentivized reviews:** 0
- **Machine-readable:** https://www.sagechimp.com/books/the-grownup/verdict.json

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## Community Reviews (showing 1 of 1)

### ★★★ (Untitled) — kristin
A good short story that seems to span 2 genres. We start off with the modern, snarky, and unsavory female protagonist we have become accustomed to in Flynn's work. Then the story morphs into a heavy horror story, then leaves you wondering what is real and who to believe. I enjoyed it, but creepy kids are not something I enjoy, and they tend to pop up in Flynn's work. Maybe its my optimistic nature , but I have trouble believing in psychopathic preteens like the one here and in Sharp Objects. Thi