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Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

109 reviews

izypup'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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Vomit, Dementia, Trafficking, Stalking, Car accident, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility and Pregnancy

crashiebang's review against another edition

challenging dark 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? It's complicated

4.25

Mind the content warnings - but a really well-written thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Misogyny, Police brutality, Car accident, and Abandonment

amaris13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Dysphoria

caties_books's review against another edition

dark 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, and Car accident

alyson's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, and Murder

Minor: Infidelity

shaymurph's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Vomit, and Death of parent

isaac_c's review against another edition

dark sad tense

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Vomit, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Racism

the_escapist's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.5

I don’t want to say too much because it’s better going into it partially blind, but I will say this: it’s very graphic in places. A lot of the content is dark and massively messed up, and that’s either going to entice people or put them off.

Plot: involves the family of a missing young woman and a theme of ‘is it better to know what happened or remain ignorant?’.

I was fairly meh for around the first 25% of this book. Then there was an ‘oh shit’ moment. Followed by several more ‘oh shit!‘ moments at increasing volume. Then the last 75% was ridiculously gripping.

Amazingly tense, very fast to read writing style (might’ve helped with not inspecting potential plot holes too closely though – I suspect that on a reread some plot stuff wouldn't hold up as well), great character development, and it makes you fear for the characters and feel for them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

ameli2na's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This book is insanely intense and full of twists and turns. Slaughter does an amazing job at adding in details that seem minute on one page but on the next, they are the most important thing you may have read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, and Grief

This book is not for anyone who is easily (or even not so easily) triggered. The triggers of this book are the main focus and unavoidable.