Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

226 reviews

nailaj17's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Blood, Death, Body horror, Kidnapping, Addiction, Murder, and Sexual violence

jamiejanae_6's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Gore, Addiction, Body horror, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual content, Trafficking, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Infidelity, Torture, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Slavery, and Violence

paigecoffman's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug abuse, Addiction, Rape, Body horror, Drug use, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Stalking, and Violence

amandareads666's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Sexual assault, Violence, Rape, Physical abuse, Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Murder, Stalking, Sexual violence, Death, Body shaming, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Torture, Suicide, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Body horror, Blood, Emotional abuse, Child death, and Car accident

katethealmostgreat's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

This is EXTREMELY graphic. It’s twisty and turny but the most graphic book I have ever red. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Death of parent, Suicide, Death, Murder, Body horror, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Confinement, Stalking, Sexual content, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Drug use and Drug abuse

Minor: Rape

sasoif's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

This was a slow burn. The story really picked up at page 210. After that, I had to read it straight through to the end. I enjoyed the alternating POVs between Claire and Lydia as well as the letters from their dad to Julia. The story was extremely graphic at times. The end of the book was really well done.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Drug use, Child death, Death of parent, and Suicide

heyitsem_'s review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Drug abuse, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug use, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Addiction, Death, Emotional abuse, Alcoholism, and Domestic abuse

mirrorchaser's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.0

This was a really complicated read, it was difficult to read... but difficult like a train wreck, you just couldn't look away. I'm not going to lie, most of the twists got me (which is really unusual for me in thrillers!) I had no idea who to trust or what to expect. You know all of these many parts are loosely related but you have no idea exactly how until the very end. 

I will warn readers that this is about as close to splatterpunk as a mainstream thriller can go before it tips genres. I would not read this book if you have pretty much any triggers at all. This book is disturbing and really stays with you. It makes you distrustful. Consider your mental health first when you decide to read this.

I would go further into detail, but other reviews have already done a great job summarizing!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Excrement, Infidelity, Body horror, Physical abuse, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Murder, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Body shaming, Gaslighting, Car accident, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, and Addiction

kayleighpie's review against another edition

It was alright I guess. Almost halfway through I thought "What could possibly happen next" and realized I was not interested enough to find out. A lot of gore that made me wonder why some women are so obsessed with graphic violence against women. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Car accident, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Abandonment, Cursing, Stalking, Torture, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death of parent, Sexual violence, and Violence

adeutschmann's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Drug use, Violence, Drug abuse, Death, and Sexual violence