Reviews tagging 'Torture'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

910 reviews

vtleon715's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

eleeowart's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This was DARK and fucked up but also such a good thriller. I was shocked at all the details of Athens, GA, and the twists and turns this took. 

It’s been awhile since I’ve read a thriller of this magnitude…Will read more of this author, but will need some time in between bc PHEW!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

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

racheltheripper's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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

4.5

Thoughtful and gripping, a story that kept me reading for hours. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse

asimonette33's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, and Murder

acekam's review against another edition

challenging mysterious sad 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Suicide, Torture, and Murder

chelseaabu1's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Gaslighting

mariahlynnpeck's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.25

Wow this book literally keeps you on your toes. I could never guess what was coming next. Though there is a lot of trigger warnings it was a pretty good thriller and kept me invested. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

emstermeegs's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

2.0

I have read two other books by this author that I found super suspenseful and page turning. This one had suspense, but it was also terribly graphic, reduntantly so. The graphic descriptions of the torture/abuse that frequent this book just made it impossible for me to say I enjoyed it. 

It made me uncomfortable, which I am sure is the point, but I think there was a way to balance this better so that the reader would not feel gross for even reading it. It wasn't fun to read, which is what I look for in a thriller. 

The rest of the book was either slow (some parts were boring, just dragged), predictable, or unplausable. 

I won't say the writing is awful, so that saves this from being a 1 star. The frequency and description of the violence is gratuitous. The plot and ending is a bit far-fetched as well, but that has nothing on the yuck that is this book. I wish it'd never been recommended to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mgerbrandt's review against another edition

I couldn’t stomach the massive amount of sexual violence against women and girls. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder

scythe_2006's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

2.5

Absolutely boring, had to skip through many parts.
Only delivered on the promise of a dark crime book so I gave a 2.5 minimum.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Torture