Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Brudstykker by Karin Slaughter

19 reviews

froggybooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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? It's complicated

3.5

it started off strong then just got meh. the chapters were so long and just some of it was so predictable and drawn out like let me have some of the guesswork here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Vomit, Miscarriage, Addiction, Chronic illness, Outing, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Classism, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

abbs15norm's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Blood, Cancer, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Violence, Terminal illness, Body horror, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Cursing, Drug use, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Miscarriage, Addiction, Child abuse, Gaslighting, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual content, Incest, and Outing

fbzcab's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Cancer, Dementia, and Outing

msvernier's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Domestic abuse, Death, Cancer, Child abuse, Addiction, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage

polymerace's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Homophobia, Racism, Vomit, Rape, and Cancer

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

This gritty thriller was worth staying up late into the night.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Cancer, Incest, Medical content, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Terminal illness

chamberednautilus's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide attempt

bygones_b_bygones's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.25

The first few chapters grips you with questions about what actually happened— is she an assassin? A veteran soldier? A super sports mom? 

Once you read past the first few chapters (which are quite slow paced) the tempo starts to pick up and it’s just one revelation after another.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Child abuse and Death of parent

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

I really enjoyed the beginning of this book. Like I was wondering why that happened. But then the flashbacks happened and I was bored and didn’t care. I felt we didn’t need all that. Also it was very plot twisty which was a bummer. Also the main character was honestly annoying and stupid. This is the least graphic of her books so if you don’t like really disturbing things this might be the now to pick up from her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence