Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

199 reviews

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

haleybre's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Suicide, Blood, Gaslighting, Body shaming, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Vomit, Violence, Body horror, Gun violence, Rape, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Death, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Torture, and Trafficking

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

leegray's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Stalking, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Gun violence, Rape, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

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

tcrivera12's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Death, and Grief

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