Reviews tagging 'Violence'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

103 reviews

tnociti's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Murder, and Sexual assault

ricisbooks's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Rape

realhousewifeofthelibrary's review against another edition

dark 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

3.5

Not my favorite Karin Slaughter, but as always it was a wild ride. Definitely check trigger warnings before picking up this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Child abuse

rachel_paz14's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Violence, Drug abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

lpdx's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing, Excrement, Gun violence, Bullying, Death of parent, and Dementia

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

triple_m's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

This book made me tear up? I wasn’t expecting that haha. Another good book by Karin Slaughter, but definitely doesn’t live up to Pretty Girls or The Good Daughter in my opinion. The book took a really long time for me to get really into it, but once it finally got going I was hooked. Very satisfying ending.

This is the first book I’ve read where I didn’t hate the inclusion of COVID. I still didn’t love it but I think Slaughter incorporated it in ways that made the setting feel more real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Blood, Kidnapping, and Violence

dosxhime's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Compared to Pretty Girls, False Witness was lacking in brutality and gore. But, that might just be a blessing in disguise. 

False Witness is in no way inferior to Slaughter's other standalone novel. False Witness caught my attention from the first page and I devoured this novel fairly quickly. I love both Callie and Leigh and their bond was just so unique, different from Pretty Girls. My favorite has to be Callie as she presented a somber picture on drug addiction, where she has totally given up hope on quitting. I admired their dynamic as well since the two sisters brought out the best in eacch other. 

4.3 / 5 B

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Murder, Death of parent, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Death

pernillelsk's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Self harm, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Suicide, and Stalking

nicole_cob_reads's review

dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious sad tense fast-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: Blood, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Vomit, Addiction, Body horror, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Stalking, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault