Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

223 reviews

rylee_marcoux's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Stalking, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Torture, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Misogyny, and Murder

rnatkat606's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Drug abuse, Confinement, Gore, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Murder, Physical abuse, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

currentlyreadingandcrochet's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

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

2.5

My reading experience started off really strong and then took a steep dive off a cliff. There were some twists early on that really had me intrigued but then the twists stopped coming and it just became an overly-detailed drag. This book could have been A LOT shorter. 

I knew almost nothing about the storyline going into it except that it was going to be extremely depraved and dark. And it was! But it felt… pointless. Like it was just there for shock value and nothing more. Like, why? TELL ME WHYYYY. 

I will say the best part about this book was the father. I’ll leave it at that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Murder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Torture, Body shaming, Body horror, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, and Drug abuse

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Infidelity

kaleabrown's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Drug use, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Death of parent, Death, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Vomit, Suicide, Torture, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Murder, Rape, Grief, Gore, and Violence

savvynurse13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Addiction, Blood, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Death, and Alcoholism

blairlynn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Grief, Death, Blood, Sexual assault, Cursing, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Excrement, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Panic attacks/disorders

Spoiler Horrific, rape, kinky, bound age, teen age son video recorded all the murders, and what took place before death. shackled, when the main person died, the son took his place.

sjades's review against another edition

adventurous 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Police brutality, Child abuse, Confinement, Suicide, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Stalking, Child death, Drug abuse, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Gore, Death of parent, Mental illness, Blood, Physical abuse, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Medical trauma, Death, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse

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

handsoap's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

this book felt so helpless. theres like a billion content warnings to be aware of

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Murder, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Grief, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

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