Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

164 reviews

stefanireedmeyer's review against another edition

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Pandemic/Epidemic, Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Classism, and Torture

Moderate: Suicide and Homophobia

peakoldladylife'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
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Addiction, Drug use, Medical content, Body horror, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Murder, Rape, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Vomit

vee3105's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Murder, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Drug use, and Rape

Moderate: Suicide

ashleyeasson's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Death, Violence, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Torture

smkoontz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Sexual assault, Stalking, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy

caitlin_davis22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Drug use, Physical abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Vomit, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Terminal illness, and Drug use

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness

arnold_shelby's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

This book has MAJOR triggers. Big time. This book broke my soul apart in a few different places. While it was my first by this author, I would certainly read her again. I enjoyed the style of the writing. 

Obviously there were a good few things that were unrealistic in terms of the legal side of things (I will avoid spoilers here) but there were just enough hints at accurate things that it didn't bother me that much. 

The reality of the characters brought a tear to my eye at times. 

Overall I really enjoyed it!

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Gun violence, Stalking, Violence, and Toxic relationship

lvidler's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Violence, Rape, Drug use, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual violence

jenrford89's review against another edition

Did not like the writing or content. Chapters were entirely too long. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Violence, Addiction, Pandemic/Epidemic, Classism, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Vomit, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Drug abuse, Child abuse, and Gaslighting

apeter's review

challenging emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Suicidal thoughts