Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

169 reviews

kristiesbooknook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Violence, Child abuse, Self harm, Drug use, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

babbieabbi's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

This thriller was much darker than most thrillers I read. It tackled some really heavy issues, to the point where it would feel icky for me to say I *enjoyed* this book. So I won’t say that. But I will say that it was captivating, and I cared so much about the characters. I desperately wanted them to make the right choices and have a happy ending. The story kept me hooked and even though my version of the book was 600+ pages, I still read it in a day. So it was a very engaging book, but definitely is too dark for me. I do have to say, the writing style pulled me out of the story at times (especially in the beginning of the book), because there are so many short statement sentences. Like, noticeably more than in most books. I did eventually get over that, but it wasn’t my favorite 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Murder, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Suicide

mvanhaas's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-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? It's complicated

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Pedophilia, Vomit, and Murder

sharper304's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• 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: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Drug use, and Sexual assault

jedi1der's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I read this after going through a couple of comparable mysteries by other authors. What I will say is that Karen Slaughters writing is so much more confident and experienced. I cried, I laughed, I rooted for our girls. I was glued. This was a WELL CRAFTED story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Misogyny, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

Moderate: Chronic illness, Murder, Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Torture

gkaltam's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

jenni_sunderland's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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? It's complicated

3.5

My least favourite of Karins books - too much screen time for Andrew he is a freak 
Ending was not as satisfying either, did his victims get closure? 
Wish Leigh wasn’t so jumpy n timid, she’s supposed to be a lawyer ffs 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Pedophilia

melissa_h's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, and Pedophilia

twin1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

Really enjoyed the book on e I got to the midpoint, was a slow starter but definitely worth sticking around for

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, Violence, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Rape, and Drug abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

rachelparker's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Addiction, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Sexual assault