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Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

106 reviews

frog4earth's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

3.5

I feel like I absolutely need to start this review off by giving a larger-than-life, HUGE TRIGGER WARNING for this book. I have never felt so haunted by a character’s actions. That being said, Karin Slaughter knows how to write a violent psychopath. She also pays a lot of attention to detail, which I can appreciate.

I also appreciate the way she kept the realism with Claire after she finds out what he’s done — the anger, the shock, but also the grieving of who she thought was her husband, and the wishing that it was all just a nightmare in her head.

Only thing I didn’t enjoy was that I didn’t feel like I could relate to any of the characters; it felt like they were either too vapid for my taste or just aren’t relatable to me, but that’s ok!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Gore, Blood, Suicide, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief, Body shaming, Car accident, Drug use, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Addiction

zarakoconnor's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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? Yes

5.0

Absolutely gut wrenching story. Heartbreaking and mysterious that made me have to know what happened next. It’s heavy so take the time to process it and take care of your mental health but for those who love dark gory thrillers, it is perfect.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Murder, Death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Body shaming, Torture, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Grief, Kidnapping, and Police brutality

Moderate: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Addiction, Misogyny, Suicide, and Infidelity

Minor: Abandonment

hugsy85's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

One of the most challenging books I have ever read. Be sure to read the trigger/content warnings before going into it as the content is incredibly graphic. Karin Slaughter is definitely one of my favorite writers and her ability to pull together this story ... It was heavy, descriptive to the point where you could visualize each aspect and feel like you were there in the moment - it was unnerving. I honestly don't know how I finished this one and will need to follow through with a lighter read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Murder, Misogyny, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Pedophilia, Stalking, Blood, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Drug abuse, Trafficking, Drug use, Fatphobia, Addiction, Car accident, and Cursing

Minor: Animal cruelty

ldjenkins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

The plot is great, a good story that at points was unexpected. I don't tend to read reviews too much before reading a book but I wish I had this time. The writing is DARK and GRUESOME and GRAPHIC. If you have even a little bit of an aversion to any of the TW you see, I would suggest maybe passing in this book. Thrillers/mysteries are books I enjoy the most but this felt like horror a bit as well because of the descriptions. Again, good story, but if you think the descriptions are bad, they will only get worse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Addiction, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Torture, and Suicide

cma048's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-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

3.5

Very dark, but fast paced. Relatively predictable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Drug abuse, Cursing, Confinement, Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Rape, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Medical content, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Mental illness, Vomit, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Torture, Violence, Suicide, Gore, Stalking, Sexual harassment, and Death

sarah_amy's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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

Loved this so much! And hated it too, but for all the right reasons. There were twists and turns in just about every chapter and I never knew what I was going to be surprised with next! I was taken surprise by each revelation, which never happens for me and I never knew who to trust. Only complaint is it was almost too graphic to stomach. If it hadn't been so well written and I didn't care about the characters, I might have stopped. Lots of very graphic torture, violence & death. Be warned. I have a headache and I've had dreams about this book. But it was so good. I'm very confused how I should be feeling haha. My first and probably not my last Karin Slaughter book, but I'll definitely be needing a palette cleaner in between.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Torture, Death, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Cursing, Dementia, Alcoholism, Car accident, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Abandonment, Grief, and Addiction

fkshg8465'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I can’t decide how to rate this book. It includes some of the most disgusting and depraved ways a person can possibly think. It’s so dark. I didn’t realize how awful it was going to be until it was too late. The only reason I was able to keep reading was because the two women at the center were worthy of rooting for. Ultimately, it’s a four instead of a five for me because there were parts that were too unbelievable and too sadistic, and I don’t ever want to be mistaken as condoning violence against women for any reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Fatphobia, Dementia, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Suicide, Abandonment, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Child death, Mental illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Medical trauma, and Rape

kmnva's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

I hated everything about this and how scary it was. It definitely felt like the author was going for pure shock factor most of the time. So this was scary and disturbing and worst of all utterly predictable. The setup was slightly confusing enough to where there is an air of mystery until you understand how the characters are associated. Then I - who am usually awful at predicting - could tell where the entire story went. But I thought there is so much of the book left, there’s no way I’m going to be right about this. But no I was they just took a long and loquacious road to get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Car accident, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

cupcakemama'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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Blood, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Sexual violence

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