Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

128 reviews

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

lightfoot33's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Torture, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Grief, Rape, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

taylorbmlogan's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Murder, Trafficking, Rape, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship

Very graphic.

jcampos33's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Rape, Emotional abuse, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Body horror, Murder, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Grief, Addiction, Gore, Death, Stalking, and Blood

This book was incredibly heavy, violent and very explicit when describing the abuse. The scenes with murder and post mortem depravities were extremely graphic The story itself was also my worst nightmare

maddiebrt'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Trafficking, Rape, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Kidnapping, Sexual content, and Torture

amyrrobertson's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Gratuitous violence. Somehow made me feel both heavily disturbed and grossed out as well as numb to the entire story and all of the characters save for the journal entries of the grieving father. Do not recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Confinement, Grief, Misogyny, Violence, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Trafficking, Body horror, Murder, and Gore

gddog93's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.75

This book was horrific, I loved it. Every single trigger warning, though. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Suicide, Torture, Trafficking, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Body horror, Car accident, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction

c_dmckinney's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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: Eating disorder, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Police brutality, Sexual assault, War, Kidnapping, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Trafficking, Bullying, Rape, Sexism, Vomit, Violence, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Confinement, Grief, Gun violence, Body shaming, Car accident, Child death, Classism, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Torture

Serial killer

alisonnobrega's review against another edition

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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Drug abuse, Torture, Trafficking, Body shaming, Grief, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

Minor: Gore