Reviews tagging 'Blood'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

412 reviews

kassandramesa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Gaslighting, Excrement, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Gore, Confinement, and Blood

awhitson's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

This is a very dark read, but a well written mystery. It probably could’ve been shorter. The audio book includes a short story that I haven’t finished listening to yet, so it looks like the book is 20 hours, but it’s actually a couple less. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Gore, Infidelity, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

monica0309's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Torture, Stalking, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Vomit, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury

stephnew's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Violence, Suicide, Gore, and Gun violence

leleggio's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

theatreislife's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Rape, Death, Gore, Blood, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, Violence, Gaslighting, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Torture

rcarr14's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

3.25

Kept me engaged for sure but i definitely had to stop listening a few times due to the nature of the content. just not really for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Rape, Pedophilia, Kidnapping, Torture, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Addiction, Cursing, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Death, and Sexual assault

sophiehull95's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Violence, Drug abuse, Excrement, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Addiction, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Drug use, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Confinement, Dementia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, and Suicide

skellaaa's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Violence, Trafficking, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Rape

THIS BOOK IS VERY GRAPHIC AND VIOLENT.

riannonsbookishera's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Gore, Sexual content, Violence, Sexual violence, Body horror, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Death, Drug abuse, and Sexual assault