Reviews tagging 'Abandonment'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

35 reviews

febeleest's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Violence, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Murder, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Deadnaming, Body shaming, Alcoholism, and Abandonment

rachaelallyn's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Slavery, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

maddiegrace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Violence, Torture, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Rape, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Gore, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Child death, Body horror, Blood, and Addiction

crashiebang's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

Mind the content warnings - but a really well-written thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Rape, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Gaslighting, Blood, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Body shaming, Police brutality, Misogyny, Infidelity, Drug use, Drug abuse, Confinement, Car accident, Bullying, Addiction, and Abandonment

lesbianelvira's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

i was so close to setting this book down and never returning to it because the torture depicted got so increasingly graphic and harrowing. i’m glad i didn’t, i needed the ending that came. also glad that this isn’t getting a film or tv adaptation like one of slaughter’s other books (which i have yet to read), it would be so painful to watch and agonizing for the actors to portray. these characters, like those in the lovely bones, will remain in my memory as placeholders for the countless people— including my child self —who suffer from and are lost to violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Grief

Minor: Addiction, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Car accident, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Excrement