Reviews tagging 'Slavery'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

9 reviews

essie101's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Slavery, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Physical abuse, and Rape

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Addiction, Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual content, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Torture, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

coffeebookssleep's review

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Body horror, Grief, Blood, Suicide, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Addiction, Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

kculbreath's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This book WRECKED me. Simultaneously loved it AND am glad I finished. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Death of parent, Rape, Violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Torture, Confinement, Gaslighting, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Stalking

jusreadz's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Torture, Slavery, Sexual content, Rape, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical content, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Grief, Death, Violence, and Sexual violence

lauramparis's review

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Slavery

Moderate: Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Abandonment, Cursing, and Misogyny

Minor: Drug abuse, Addiction, Car accident, and Drug use

abbiewhitehead's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide, Trafficking, Addiction, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Torture

rachaelallyn's review

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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

readtwistswithtrisha's review

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

The CW are really crucial for this read, but I loved it. It was graphic and dark and disturbing but a very important story overall. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence