Reviews tagging 'Violence'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

109 reviews

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

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

kosmic_owl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

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

rachel_stout's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death of parent, and Abandonment

sasisaskia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Gore, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

beau_sheep's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

5.0

CALLIE NOOO
i had a gut feeling that she wouldn’t make it but

honestly the ending broke my heart in all the right and horrible twisted ways.
leigh and callie are just so outstandingly written and so real, it honestly smacks you in the face.
this was a tragic, devastating and depraved story that i just could not stop reading. 
i’m on my way to buy all of her books because this was EVERYTHING

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

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