Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

19 reviews

kiarakwalker's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Bullying, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, Rape, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Violence

giuliawanders's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

It’s tough to read at times and very frustrating but I really enjoyed the book!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Violence, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Stalking, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Abandonment

Minor: Pregnancy

ssarahbbeth's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Alcoholism, Addiction, Murder, Rape, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Violence, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Suicide

lightseeker's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Drug abuse, and Rape

Moderate: Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Chronic illness, and Confinement

jedi1der's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I read this after going through a couple of comparable mysteries by other authors. What I will say is that Karen Slaughters writing is so much more confident and experienced. I cried, I laughed, I rooted for our girls. I was glued. This was a WELL CRAFTED story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Misogyny, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

Moderate: Chronic illness, Murder, Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Torture

killmoore_'s review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This made me laugh. It made me angry. It was gut wrenchingly real and portrayed guilt and addiction in a way that left me speechless. Twisty turny, gruesome, and so so heartbreaking, this book gets a solid 5 from me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Cursing, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Gore, Violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Dementia, Classism, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Medical content, Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Torture, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

notbrhymes's review against another edition

3.5

Goddamn that was rough

I will not I hate Covid discussions in books and this one was HEAVY on the Covid discussions. Personally, I don’t like discussions that ground me in a certain timeframe. But the author explained why she chose to do this and I understand it is her preference.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Chronic illness, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Grief, and Pedophilia

melmertsis's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

Overall I absolutely loved this book, and everytime I put it down I couldn't wait to pick it back up. 

The only thing I didn't like was how much reference there was to COVID (and NOT because I'm a conspiracy theorist like Phil). I just didn't feel like those details (i.e. referencing masks being up or down, etc) really added anything and it almost got distracting -- we've all lived with it for 3 years so I would have enjoyed getting lost in a story world where it doesn't exist, y'know? 

All in all, incredible read as usual from Slaughter!!!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Dementia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse

turkeybby's review

dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief, Gore, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

autumnwhite's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit