Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

176 reviews

cardanrry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Pregnancy

jodimclean's review against another edition

dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

might_be_may's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, and Sexual harassment

rae_carr21's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder

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

edithbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Alcohol

lilmisssouthernyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

erin_knor's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

I'm very torn on how I feel about one. The pedophile scenes and the graphic descriptions of rape & murder were alot. I almost threw the book after chapter 1. But on the other hand there was a twist I didn't see coming and I really wanted to see how the story ended.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

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

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

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Dementia, 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder