Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

128 reviews

shoffman1's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Drug use, Addiction, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Torture, Rape, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

fanja123's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Murder, Infidelity, Addiction, Body horror, Death, Sexual harassment, Violence, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Kidnapping, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Trafficking

julia_kathleen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Body horror, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Vomit, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Rape, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Child death, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction

Moderate: Dementia, Cursing, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Fatphobia

Minor: Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

amazinglaureads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Gore, Trafficking, Suicide, Violence, and Adult/minor relationship

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Medical content, Violence, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Torture, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Police brutality, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, and Vomit

edithbookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Kidnapping, Addiction, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Trafficking, and Violence

aclonick's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Stalking, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Death, Murder, Child death, Blood, Body horror, and Torture

kculbreath's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

4.25

This book WRECKED me. Simultaneously loved it AND am glad I finished. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Death of parent, Rape, Violence, Gore, Kidnapping, Torture, Confinement, Gaslighting, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Stalking

savreads28's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Death of parent, Drug use, Death, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gun violence, Body horror, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Dysphoria, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Confinement, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Torture, Grief, Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

r3ginavera's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

5.0

Absolutely blew me away, I haven’t been this engrossed by a thriller in a good while. A lot of times it feels like thrillers can’t stick the landing, like they’re good but only up to a certain point and then they fizzle out. Pretty girls sticks the landing several times over, you can tell she had a vision and a plan mapped out from the beginning of the story and it wraps up brilliantly (and heartbreakingly). This put me through such a wide range of emotions, I could not flip the pages fast enough. And this was Slaughter’s first ever psychological thriller?! What a triumph.

It can definitely be hard read, I would check out the CW/TW before you crack this one open because some of the images are very graphic and disturbing.
Will not be everyone’s cup of tea, or what some people could stomach, and that’s okay.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Drug abuse