Reviews tagging 'Death of parent'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

259 reviews

abbyweber's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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

The subject matter of this book was very disturbing. Check your trigger warnings for everything, but it was still very good. It was predictable, but intriguing and the writing was good. I loved the ending. This is a rare instance where I really hope they do NOT make this a movie. The visuals would be too awful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Blood, Toxic relationship, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Rape, Trafficking, Addiction, and Drug use

aberwin's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

ZERO stars this book was absolutely unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

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

stephnew's review

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

platyguin's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gun violence, Addiction, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Sexual violence

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

letrod94's review against another edition

medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Gun violence, Drug abuse, and Vomit

laurensbooknook88's review against another edition

dark emotional lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

This book is extremely heavy, and not for the fainthearted. I went in, not really knowing what was going to happen in this book, and as much as I should have put it down because of how heavy it was, I couldn’t stop listening to it. I didn’t listen to this on audible because I tried reading it on my Kindle and it never clicked for me. Karen slaughter writes beautifully and I wouldn’t have changed the book in anyway, but check your trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Rape, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Violence

ashpalmer's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Emotional abuse, Torture, Sexual violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Body horror, Trafficking, Confinement, and Death of parent

kellssweet's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Death of parent, Car accident, and Addiction