Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

762 reviews

gogurt's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, Murder, Gore, Kidnapping, and Violence

amccurley's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gore, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Rape

xxkatastrophe's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Torture

sarahhmaree's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

this book was like a car crash in that i couldn’t pull my attention away. so graphic and dark, devastating at times, but still worth a read (or a listen) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

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

yami_24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Grief, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Kidnapping, Addiction, Excrement, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Murder, Torture, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Alcoholism

marisabailey's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gore, Sexual assault, Murder, Torture, Body horror, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Death

Moderate: Suicide and Child death

carlycurry's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Murder

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

cromat's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Pedophilia, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury