Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

270 reviews

cromat's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

torisbookspace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

jessmv87's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

_mechita's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

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

4.5

Wow! Not a read for the faint hearted this one! 
My 1st Slaughter book and I very much enjoyed it ~ as much as you can with the content. 
The percentage of writing which needs ‘trigger warnings’ is huge! 
If you can overcome these, then the story is great. If someone you loved disappeared, would it be better to know what happened to them (no matter how disturbing) or would you rather live in ignorance? This is the crux of the tale. Because once you start tugging at the thread the whole thing slowly unravels! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

savannahph's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Suicide, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

aberwin's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

ZERO stars this book was absolutely unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

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

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

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

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