Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

167 reviews

peakoldladylife's review against another edition

dark sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit

leighlo_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

5.0

Wow! What a wild ride! My favorite thriller of the year so far. Multiple jaw dropping moments throughout this book. Karin really put a lot of thought and complexity into her characters. Everyone knows a version of a Leigh or a Callie. A heartbreaking end, but it brought it back full circle and could it have ended any other way? I don’t think so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

reading_under_covers's review against another edition

4.5

This is my first Karin Slaughter and I definitely get the appeal to her work!

This book dealt with some very dark topics (rape, addiction, drug abuse, pedophilia), but I found myself unable to put it down. Despite it being 400+ pages, it felt like a relatively quick read with all of the tension!

Also, super super weird to read a book so set in the first year of Covid times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

ashleyeasson's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

katie316says's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What a fucking wild ride. But honestly, I expect nothing less from Karin Slaughter. This book was insane from the start and didn’t let up from there. I loved how all the different parts came together and how I never stopped being shocked by the reveals throughout. I think the scene where

Andrew shoots up Callie in the old house

is perhaps the most uncomfortable I’ve ever felt reading a book, and I had to keep looking away from the words on the page. I was hoping for a

happier ending for Callie, but really I think Karin brought it together perfectly in a more realistic way.

Would definitely recommend, but  check content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Medical content and Pandemic/Epidemic

smkoontz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Trafficking, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship

Minor: Pregnancy

caitlin_davis22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Terminal illness

jessbslide's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

hfontenot4's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.0

This was my first Karin Slaughter book, but definitely won’t be my last. The reading was easy, but intriguing. The twist wasn’t just one at the end, there were many through out that had my mouth dropped open. She built up to each twist as well. This book was written during the peak of Covid and at the end she wrote a little something about it. Even during the story, she incorporated the lockdowns and masks. I took 1 star away because the chapters really are long. I prefer short and sweet chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Murder

velmad'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence