Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

151 reviews

lue_moon's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Drew me in and kept me wanting to read until I finished it. It was incredibly graphic at points, which made some parts difficult to read. Highly, highly recommend checking out content warnings before reading (I did not, and probably should have, though not sure even that would have prepared me for how disturbing some of it is). Still, excellently written, with some twists I saw coming and some that I did not. Makes me interested to read other (maybe less graphic) books by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Murder, Violence, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Torture, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Dementia, Suicide, and Fatphobia

knitwitte8's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This one kept me engaged from early on - which is exactly what I look for in a book. It's graphic and difficult at points, so that's something to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

torisbookspace's review

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Alcoholism, Torture, Confinement, Addiction, Blood, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

jessmv87's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Blood, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Drug use, Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Car accident, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Gaslighting, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, Misogyny, Suicide, and Torture

sare1125's review

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? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, and Confinement

_mechita's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Confinement, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide, Car accident, Death, and Infidelity

bcashatt's review

tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book hits the ground RUNNING and it doesn’t stop until the last page. It is intense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Stalking, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Addiction, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Fatphobia

wegs's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, Body horror, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug abuse

Minor: Car accident

abbyweber's review

dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

The subject matter of this book was very disturbing. Check your trigger warnings for everything, but it was still very good. It was predictable, but intriguing and the writing was good. I loved the ending. This is a rare instance where I really hope they do NOT make this a movie. The visuals would be too awful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Trafficking, Addiction, and Drug use

ari_scholl's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A little bit too much trauma-porn which is why it’s not 4 stars🙃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, Death, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault