Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

166 reviews

kosmic_owl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Drug abuse

sammy121895's review against another edition

dark 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

4.75

I loved this book. It kept me on the edge of my seat and I never knew what was coming next. The characters are well developed and there were no plot holes(that I noticed).  Dr Jerry is my favorite character ever written. 

Sisters Callie and Leigh have a special bond. When they were teens, they helped each other to cover up a crime. Now, as adults many years later, they are each living very different lives. Callie is a self described junkie who shoots up to cope with her pain. Leigh is a newish lawyer with a husband and teen daughter. Randomly one day, a witness neither of them had previously known saw their crime, comes out of the woodwork and begins playing head games with the sisters. He threatens to expose their crime if they don’t do what he wants. They must figure out how to keep him from exposing them while trying to get out of the terrible mess he has brought about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Sexual violence, Death, Physical abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Murder, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, and Rape

haleea's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

cried through the last ~50 pages 

i wish she did not include so much about covid and i feel like that plus some other stuff could have been cut out. but overall a very emotional story and good characters (i love u dr. jerry) 

please check trigger warnings for this!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

cardanrry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Body horror, Murder, Gaslighting, Addiction, Blood, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual violence, Rape, Drug use, Drug abuse, Self harm, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

Minor: Pregnancy

rachel_stout's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Death of parent, and Violence

jodimclean's review against another edition

dark 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

might_be_may's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual content, Suicide, and Pedophilia

sasisaskia's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Sexual harassment, Infidelity, and Toxic relationship

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Rape, Body horror, Gore, and Addiction

Moderate: Sexual violence, Stalking, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Sexual assault

Minor: Death of parent, Violence, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

lilmisssouthernyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence