Reviews tagging 'Death'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

510 reviews

sarahannmac21's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Not sure how to rate this book. It is highly disturbing. Made me sick to my stomach. The amount of thought that went in to this makes me wonder if K. Slaughter has had a psych evaluation…. Idk. I couldn’t stop until I knew what was going to happen. But I was so glad when I finished.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Torture

elmasalihovic's review against another edition

dark tense 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Suicide, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, Rape, Death, Violence, Stalking, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Cursing and Gun violence

bcashatt's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book hits the ground RUNNING and it doesn’t stop until the last page. It is intense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Stalking, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Addiction, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Fatphobia

zoedonn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

2.5

So so graphic!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Suicide, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Drug abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Check your trigger warnings before your read this book. It was hard to get through.

wegs's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, Body horror, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug abuse

Minor: Car accident

alysonsujeebun's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

Excellent murder mystery with multiple twists, turns, and surprises.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Sexual assault, and Torture

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

rmistry75's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, and Murder

ari_scholl's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated

3.75

A little bit too much trauma-porn which is why it’s not 4 stars🙃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, Death, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

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