Reviews tagging 'Torture'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

38 reviews

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

reading_through_the_pages's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic relationship

justnei's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

1.0

This is the story of two sisters who have lived drastically different lives, stemming from a traumatic childhood. One sister is a drug addict, the other a lawyer. Callie and Leigh love each other despite their different lives, and this theme was particularly touching to me throughout the book. The only part of this book I enjoyed was the relationships between characters. Dr. Jerry and Callie was a second favourite to Callie and Leigh. The love and support that filled their relationship was soothing in otherwise emotionally turbulent and extremely violent book. The sisters lives are thrown into chaos when their past comes to their present to haunt them, and what follows are disturbing, detailed accounts of violence against women. A few years ago, Karin Slaughter books were morbidly fascinating to me. Now, they are so far from my cup of tea I know I'll likely never pick up another one. The ending of this book was so incredibly depressing to me, I wish I had never read it. 

Lastly, my biggest nitpick. I hated how much the author referenced covid. It felt like she was describing the pandemic to someone who has lived on a different planet and had no idea what's been happening on earth since early 2020.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, Stalking, Rape, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Child abuse

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

readwithhugo's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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: Rape, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual violence

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rwims's review against another edition

dark 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

3.75

Story of 2 sisters that went through a tough childhood and and even tougher teenage years. Life changing events occurred. Their past is now back to haunt them. We see the effects of trauma and how each Sister coped over the years. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

kerrygetsliterary's review against another edition

adventurous 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Dementia, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

heyitsmichellehamm's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This book gave me so many feelings. It was such a wild ride and even now at the end, I'm not sure how to feel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence