Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

379 reviews

bababookmatt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I’ve never seen marital infidelity be so innocuous. I guess that’s just relative to stalking, rape, torture, murder, and human trafficking. This book is pretty dark. The darkness brought out a very specific and personal darkness in the protagonists, which made them compelling and believable. This is a great read but it is the antithesis of enjoyable or relaxing. I’m glad I read it but I’m also relieved to be done reading it.

Be aware, TW//graphic sexual violence, torture, murder

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

elmasalihovic's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Fatphobia

Minor: Cursing and Gun violence

zoedonn'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? It's complicated

2.5

So so graphic!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, and Gun violence

Minor: Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Check your trigger warnings before your read this book. It was hard to get through.

slorentz80's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

It's definitely a thriller!!! Really enjoyed the story and the twists and turns.

Didn't enjoy the gore. There was lots of descriptive narrative that I'd like yo have never read...

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

jfarmer18's review against another edition

There is a lot of gory detail in this book, yes. Like. A lot. But the chapters just went on and on and on. It was just too much. Too much trauma, too much gore, too many words. I couldn’t bring myself to keep going so I googled the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

taypatenaude's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense fast-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

abbyweber's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

The subject matter of this book was very disturbing. Check your trigger warnings for everything, but it was still very good. It was predictable, but intriguing and the writing was good. I loved the ending. This is a rare instance where I really hope they do NOT make this a movie. The visuals would be too awful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

aberwin's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

ZERO stars this book was absolutely unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

stephnew's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

leleggio's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting