Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

60 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

I can’t decide how to rate this book. It includes some of the most disgusting and depraved ways a person can possibly think. It’s so dark. I didn’t realize how awful it was going to be until it was too late. The only reason I was able to keep reading was because the two women at the center were worthy of rooting for. Ultimately, it’s a four instead of a five for me because there were parts that were too unbelievable and too sadistic, and I don’t ever want to be mistaken as condoning violence against women for any reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Fatphobia, Dementia, Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Confinement, Suicide, Abandonment, Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Body horror, Child death, Mental illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Medical trauma, and Rape

kmnva's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

I hated everything about this and how scary it was. It definitely felt like the author was going for pure shock factor most of the time. So this was scary and disturbing and worst of all utterly predictable. The setup was slightly confusing enough to where there is an air of mystery until you understand how the characters are associated. Then I - who am usually awful at predicting - could tell where the entire story went. But I thought there is so much of the book left, there’s no way I’m going to be right about this. But no I was they just took a long and loquacious road to get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Car accident, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

hanlov's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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

2.5

Doing this on audio and not checking trigger warnings first probably didn’t help my experience, but this wasn’t really for me. It was overly graphic and the pace really fell off after about the 30% mark when you could just already see everything play out like a Criminal Minds episode. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Death, Blood, Murder, Death of parent, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Body horror, and Rape

snl07002's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Mental illness, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual violence, Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, Rape, Misogyny, Death, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Fatphobia, Gore, Sexism, Cursing, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

agapemanning's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide, Confinement, Death, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Car accident, Child death, Rape, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

shoffman1's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Drug use, Addiction, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Torture, Rape, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

julia_kathleen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Body horror, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Emotional abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Violence, Torture, Self harm, Vomit, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Grief, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Rape, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Child death, Blood, Death, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, and Addiction

Moderate: Dementia, Cursing, Body shaming, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, and Fatphobia

Minor: Toxic friendship, Pregnancy, and Sexual content

aleen_elizabeth's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Violence, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Torture, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Police brutality, Rape, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, and Vomit

whoiscelena's review against another edition

Too scary and graphic. Wish there were trigger warnings

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Gore, Torture, Mental illness, Stalking, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Suicide, Addiction, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Death, and Blood

mkusz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Infidelity, Suicide, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Body horror, Excrement, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Addiction, Blood, Gaslighting, Rape, Grief, Vomit, Torture, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Murder, Gore, Alcoholism, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment