Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

154 reviews

missbabs's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Sexual harassment

lieselandmax53's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Drug use, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Violence

ssarahbbeth's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Alcoholism, Addiction, Murder, Rape, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

alanabie's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

2.5

I don't think this was good, I think it was just shocking? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gore, Rape, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Blood, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Violence

marselise's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Dementia, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

sammy121895's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

I loved this book. It kept me on the edge of my seat and I never knew what was coming next. The characters are well developed and there were no plot holes(that I noticed).  Dr Jerry is my favorite character ever written. 

Sisters Callie and Leigh have a special bond. When they were teens, they helped each other to cover up a crime. Now, as adults many years later, they are each living very different lives. Callie is a self described junkie who shoots up to cope with her pain. Leigh is a newish lawyer with a husband and teen daughter. Randomly one day, a witness neither of them had previously known saw their crime, comes out of the woodwork and begins playing head games with the sisters. He threatens to expose their crime if they don’t do what he wants. They must figure out how to keep him from exposing them while trying to get out of the terrible mess he has brought about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Rape

haleea's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

cried through the last ~50 pages 

i wish she did not include so much about covid and i feel like that plus some other stuff could have been cut out. but overall a very emotional story and good characters (i love u dr. jerry) 

please check trigger warnings for this!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

cardanrry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Body horror, Murder, Gaslighting, Addiction, Blood, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual violence, Rape, Drug use, Drug abuse, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

might_be_may's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, and Pedophilia

rae_carr21's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, Pedophilia, Addiction, and Child abuse