Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Kisscut by Karin Slaughter

19 reviews

claudes's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, and Murder

maddyfa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Lesbophobia

krimor'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Slaughter has done it again. A realistic look into the worst of society. I found myself grossed out, upset, frustrated and sad multiple times throughout this book. This series has gotten my attention. 

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Content Warnings

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

hannahmay1106's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

realhousewifeofthelibrary's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

3.0

This was dark and I’m really not sure how I feel about it. I think Karin Slaughter does a good job of writing about very dark topics with the appropriate amount of care, but unless you’re committed to reading this series I think you can skip it. Detective Lena Adams still sucks and I’m hoping her character arc will show us some actual growth in the next books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

tesssiob's review against another edition

dark tense 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

2.0

The first book in the Grant County series was fucked up but fun. I hated Kisscut. I could rant for hours about how gross it is. I don’t know if the homophobic and anti-choice protagonists are a product of the time but I found it really disturbing in a book full of pedophilia and police brutality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, and Homophobia

chlorow's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Suicide, and Murder

emilyyyreads's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Homophobia, and Alcohol

abbs15norm's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Blood, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail