Reviews tagging 'Gore'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

42 reviews

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

diegoa1997's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Definitely a little graphic and slightly gory

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Drug use, and Blood

lindavs22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Dementia, Vomit, and Trafficking

icieri's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Child abuse, Gore, Addiction, Misogyny, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Dementia

jillgoober's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

This Karin Slaughter book was not quite as strong as The Good Daughter, but I still enjoyed it. Also, I don't know if I just happened to read two books that were similar but now I'm starting to think that all of her books are about two estranged sisters who suffered a tragedy as teenagers and also live in Georgia. I'll be reading Pretty Girls soon, so we'll see.

As I said, this book follows two sisters, Leigh and Callie, mostly in the present day (COVID included) but with brief flashbacks to a horrific event that occurred when they were teenagers. This "event" has come back to bite them about 25 years later and now they have to deal with the consequences. This is another book that will keep you on the edge of your seat. However, I did feel more connected to the characters in The Good Daughter than in this novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Rape, Vomit, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child abuse, Drug use, and Gore

sweetmadyson's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Blood, Drug use, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

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

ashfantastic98's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Body horror, Drug use, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Body shaming, Child abuse, Violence, Death, Pedophilia, and Rape

yasmin007's review

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual harassment, Self harm, Violence, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, and Murder

jennay's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse

Minor: Gore