Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Valse getuige by Karin Slaughter

36 reviews

autumnwhite's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

_cdye's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

Minor: Classism, Alcoholism, Cursing, and Suicidal thoughts

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

What a disturbing book lol. She really knows how to write disgusting things. I really enjoyed this and how dark it was, while also talking about important events and things like Covid, pedophilia, childhood abuse, and drug abuse. I really loved the sister relationships(she always does such a good job with it). I really liked how strong our female characters were. This did make me cry which I wasn’t expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Gore, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, and Grief

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.25

Great hard-hitting thriller.  I stayed up too late to finish this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

This book is about violent crimes. If you are easily triggered, you probably shouldn't read this.

thrillakilla's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Another great novel from Karin Slaughter. Lots of trigger warnings for this book as typical for the author: abuse, drug use, death, rape, child abuse, molestation. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Pedophilia, Rape, Death, Drug use, Addiction, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Sexism

heavenprotsman's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.0

I love Karin Slaughter and will ready pretty much anything she publishes. False Witness felt very different from every other book.

This was a DARK crime novel. It covers disturbing and triggering topics and some parts I had to stop and take a second before continuing. Leigh and Calli are trying to move on from their devastating past, until it confronts them head on and they're left to face consequences. 

My main problem with this one was the overkill of COVID-19 details. The mention of masks every other page was so unnecessary and tacky. I know Karin said she wrote this book in this specific time period to show what issues society is facing, especially the MeToo and women's issues, and I appreciate that, but it didn't really work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

ekmook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, and Violence

annabeedell's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Read the trigger warnings before deciding if you want to read this book or not. It took a little to get into, but once I was hooked, I couldn't put it down. I was also not prepared for all of the heavy content/violenc/why it has trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Death, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Rape, and Gun violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Alcohol

Minor: Dementia, Grief, Suicide, and Vomit

danaleelin's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

briannenicholle's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence