Reviews tagging 'Murder'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

185 reviews

wackly93's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Dementia

Minor: Pregnancy

kleezy's review

This is a very dark and disturbingly graphic novel.

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Content Warnings

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

karly_ackley's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

melmandu's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

peakoldladylife's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Vomit

_j3ss1ca's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Murder

leighlo_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

Wow! What a wild ride! My favorite thriller of the year so far. Multiple jaw dropping moments throughout this book. Karin really put a lot of thought and complexity into her characters. Everyone knows a version of a Leigh or a Callie. A heartbreaking end, but it brought it back full circle and could it have ended any other way? I don’t think so.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

vee3105's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

reading_under_covers's review

4.5

This is my first Karin Slaughter and I definitely get the appeal to her work!

This book dealt with some very dark topics (rape, addiction, drug abuse, pedophilia), but I found myself unable to put it down. Despite it being 400+ pages, it felt like a relatively quick read with all of the tension!

Also, super super weird to read a book so set in the first year of Covid times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder