Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

49 reviews

sandrakatherine's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Murder, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Minor: Lesbophobia

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

Great hard-hitting thriller.  I stayed up too late to finish this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Abortion

This book is about violent crimes. If you are easily triggered, you probably shouldn't read this.

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Self harm, Medical content, Dementia, and Injury/Injury detail

mermaidkatie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

Great writing that comes at you like a runaway freight train, likable heroines, but good lord the violence is graphic and horrible and I am going to have a hard time getting the images out of my head. So, be warned. It is really graphic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Alcohol

mpango's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.0

Lots of twists; keeps you on the edge of your seat! Docked a star because the inclusion of COVID felt very stilted to me and didn’t add anything to the plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Murder

heavenprotsman's review against another edition

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

I love Karin Slaughter and will ready pretty much anything she publishes. False Witness felt very different from every other book.

This was a DARK crime novel. It covers disturbing and triggering topics and some parts I had to stop and take a second before continuing. Leigh and Calli are trying to move on from their devastating past, until it confronts them head on and they're left to face consequences. 

My main problem with this one was the overkill of COVID-19 details. The mention of masks every other page was so unnecessary and tacky. I know Karin said she wrote this book in this specific time period to show what issues society is facing, especially the MeToo and women's issues, and I appreciate that, but it didn't really work. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder

ekmook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

annabeedell's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Read the trigger warnings before deciding if you want to read this book or not. It took a little to get into, but once I was hooked, I couldn't put it down. I was also not prepared for all of the heavy content/violenc/why it has trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, Dementia, and Grief

annabeavo's review against another edition

challenging dark tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Chronic illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

danaleelin's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail