Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

668 reviews

jmanson2017's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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: Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Rape, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rachelcmrn's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

morganw33's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

hmerch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

sarahsny19's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and Car accident

rahni_a's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

calypso_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

This is one of the best books I’ve ever read but dear GOD, even if you SWEAR you have no triggers, I am BEGGING YOU to look up the TWs

This is not a book for the faint of heart 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Car accident, and Classism

bookishb03'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? Yes

4.5

This was such a gripping book.
Once I got around ch5 I really didn't even want to stop listening.
The twists are juicy, the tension is high. Overall a very compelling read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Suicide, and Violence

mooncow's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

I enjoyed the parts of this novel that were focused on family and relationships and the impact that actions can have on people over time, but I did not enjoy how deeply dark and violent and almost gleefully (?) descriptive of torture it was. A little too much for me on that front. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Murder

stavroula_c's review against another edition

dark tense fast-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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Torture, Violence, and Murder