Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

43 reviews

danaslitlist's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

4.0

Another great book by Karin Slaughter! Please make sure to read the content warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Gun violence

Minor: Drug use, Abortion, and Incest

mblanke's review

dark emotional 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Racism, Hate crime, Grief, Death, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Rape, Gore, Kidnapping, Suicide, Physical abuse, Murder, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Confinement, Violence, Sexual violence, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror

charsometimes's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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: Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Infertility, Lesbophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Abortion, Racial slurs, and Racism

hazelgirl21's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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: Sexual violence, Violence, Torture, Murder, Death of parent, and Rape

Moderate: Incest and Suicide

Minor: Child abuse, Abortion, and Child death

romaneli's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Death, Medical content, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Body horror, and Murder

Minor: Incest

Not for the faint of heart.

alexreads22's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

1.0

Soo many inconsistencies and non-sensibilities! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexism, Body horror, Cannibalism, Toxic relationship, Blood, Death, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

emilyyyreads's review

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

Karin Slaughter's books are so, so dark and so, so easy to devour. Her stories are complex and layered while also being utterly page-turning. Stay up all night reading, in more ways than one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Physical abuse, Blood, Death, Excrement, Medical content, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

flow's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

1.0

What would've otherwise been a compelling thriller lost me with

police brutality, "we know our victim is a lesbian because her hymen was intact" (not how lesbians or hymens work), the lodge of racist policemen that the police chief seems only vaguely bothered by, and some of the most vile transmisogyny I've ever read. Literally, the state-enforced chemical castration of the sexual predator made his voice high-pitched (to my understanding, not medically possible in someone post-puberty), gave him breasts, and made him cross-dress.

I only finished it so I could in good conscience review it, as I don't review DNFs.

Won't be revisiting this author, and I'm rethinking my intention to try and get into this genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Transphobia

Moderate: Drug abuse

jessicalivdahl's review

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Gore, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, and Incest

Minor: Abortion and Addiction

evelina96's review

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.25

This was just the book I needed right now, a fast-paced thriller. I really like Slaughter's books, they are usually fast-paced and easy to read so it was hard for me to put this down. Blindsighted, just like her other books are not for those who are squeamish, it is very raw, brutal and violent. This was the first book in a series I read and I can't wait to read more books about Sara Linton. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Body horror