Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

171 reviews

tcrivera12's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Death, and Grief

heatherbrt's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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

4.0

Twisty, but dark. Trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Murder, Torture, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Violence

Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, and Addiction

graphic torture, rape, death

stomachpains's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Excrement, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Vomit, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Kidnapping, Rape, Murder, and Stalking

Moderate: Addiction and Fire/Fire injury

amyrrobertson's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Gratuitous violence. Somehow made me feel both heavily disturbed and grossed out as well as numb to the entire story and all of the characters save for the journal entries of the grieving father. Do not recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Confinement, Grief, Misogyny, Violence, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Trafficking, Body horror, Murder, and Gore

bowlingallie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I usually am not a fan of mysteries centering around a husband and wife, but this one does it right. probably the most fucked up book I’ve ever read - check TWs before reading friends 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence

snl07002's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, Rape, Misogyny, Death, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Fatphobia, Gore, Sexism, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

mostlybees's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I have seen this book on multiple must-read lists, and my hair stylist recommended it to me. I assumed it would be a run-of-the-mill thriller, I was very wrong. This book is pretty gruesome (I'm typically a horror reader, so keep in mind that this may be too gruesome for some). 

The writing was easy to follow and engaging, but I agree with other reviews that the chapters needed to be shorter. It's a 600-something page book, and some chapters are 30+ pages. 

The MC was definitely a bit annoying and was a pretty typical wealthy house wife. I saw some plot twists coming, but they didn't play out exactly how I thought. I will definitely read more thrillers by this author.

If you are not interested in reading about some topics, please find a TW list for this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Death, Blood, Violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Stalking

missus_rabbit's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Death, Rape, Blood, Confinement, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

aislingbyrne_'s review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Body shaming, Child abuse, Gore, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

agapemanning's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Confinement, Death, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Car accident, Child death, Rape, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment