Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

223 reviews

chandlercoco's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Fatphobia, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Trafficking, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Torture, Stalking, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Body shaming, Addiction, Murder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Rape

ssyme's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Violence, Torture, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, and Death of parent

Moderate: Blood, Grief, Sexual content, Fire/Fire injury, Rape, Addiction, Excrement, and Gaslighting

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

mkenziewilson1218's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Addiction, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Body horror, Suicide, Violence, Gore, and Sexual assault

julieannapinto'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Abandonment, Torture, Child abuse, Confinement, Addiction, Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, Death of parent, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Grief, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

k3llyb3lly's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

It gets tough to read towards the end.
 Prepare yourself. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Addiction, Abandonment, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Blood, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

hartmancb's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This book had me on edge the entire time and was quite tense, graphic and disturbing. It was good, but it was also super fucked up

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Death, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Rape, Murder, Stalking, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, and Gore

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

mapereztalavera's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.25

The events narrated are violent and disturbing, with multiple trigger warnings (violence, sexual assault, murder, addiction, corruption, kidnapping…).

The book is well-written and well-structured, featuring an effective plot twist. However, I found it repetitive at times, particularly in detailing characters’ personal traits and emotions, as well as certain parts of the story. Despite this, the author successfully maintains tension throughout the book, and the plot proves solid enough to surpass predictability.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gun violence, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Stalking

Moderate: Drug abuse, Infidelity, Body shaming, and Abandonment