Reviews tagging 'Murder'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

172 reviews

rowanbg's review against another edition

dark

do you ever read a book that is just deeply not your thing, but you have to lead a book club about it for work, so you drag yourself through it kinda just waiting for a legit excuse to dislike it, and then you come across a predatory bisexual character and think "ok, this works as a focus for my frustrations"?
yeah

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Stalking, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infidelity, Dementia, Eating disorder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

cleches's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

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

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Rape

magepersephone's review against another edition

dark emotional tense 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Gore, Sexual assault, Murder, and Drug abuse

Minor: Eating disorder and Alcoholism

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

littlelyre's review against another edition

dark emotional 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: Child abuse, Murder, Drug use, Rape, Drug abuse, and Addiction

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

kaitlynisliterate's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Murder, Child abuse, and Addiction

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

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