Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

66 reviews

lydiaellis's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Torture, Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, and Infidelity

kengore's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Body horror, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Violence

allegrafreya's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

moved so slow for the first 200 pages n then moved SO FAST like suddenly all the clues were there n there was barely any explanation n they tried so hard to include too much it became crowded n unnecessary i feel like if it was a simpler plot it wouldve worked alot better, bc alot of the elements just didnt fit into the plot. the ending was pretty anticlimactic i kinda wish there was more :(

the switches between the present time and the letters the dad wrote made me cry so much i love the dad forever

i fucking hate u paul fuck u.

also i hate claire shes so annoying and naive and oblivious n ignorant but whatever she was a #baddie at the end

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Body shaming, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, and Violence

isaac_c's review against another edition

dark sad tense

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Cursing, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Alcohol, Vomit, and Stalking

Minor: Racism

the_escapist's review against another edition

dark emotional 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 don’t want to say too much because it’s better going into it partially blind, but I will say this: it’s very graphic in places. A lot of the content is dark and massively messed up, and that’s either going to entice people or put them off.

Plot: involves the family of a missing young woman and a theme of ‘is it better to know what happened or remain ignorant?’.

I was fairly meh for around the first 25% of this book. Then there was an ‘oh shit’ moment. Followed by several more ‘oh shit!‘ moments at increasing volume. Then the last 75% was ridiculously gripping.

Amazingly tense, very fast to read writing style (might’ve helped with not inspecting potential plot holes too closely though – I suspect that on a reread some plot stuff wouldn't hold up as well), great character development, and it makes you fear for the characters and feel for them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Police brutality, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

tiredtank's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence