Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

54 reviews

diegoa1997's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

Definitely a little graphic and slightly gory

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Drug use, and Blood

leigha_bugz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Drug use, Mental illness, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Grief

lindavs22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Pandemic/Epidemic, Suicide, Alcohol, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Dementia, Vomit, and Trafficking

alexis_hammer24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Hands down my favorite Slaughter book! We’ll done! 

Heart breaking moments, funny comments, holy shit moments! This book has it all! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, and Physical abuse

jillgoober's review against another edition

dark 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

4.25

This Karin Slaughter book was not quite as strong as The Good Daughter, but I still enjoyed it. Also, I don't know if I just happened to read two books that were similar but now I'm starting to think that all of her books are about two estranged sisters who suffered a tragedy as teenagers and also live in Georgia. I'll be reading Pretty Girls soon, so we'll see.

As I said, this book follows two sisters, Leigh and Callie, mostly in the present day (COVID included) but with brief flashbacks to a horrific event that occurred when they were teenagers. This "event" has come back to bite them about 25 years later and now they have to deal with the consequences. This is another book that will keep you on the edge of your seat. However, I did feel more connected to the characters in The Good Daughter than in this novel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Rape, Vomit, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Child abuse, Drug use, and Gore

noodletime's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.25

This was a rough read in terms of difficult issues, but I enjoyed the dynamic between the main characters, the straightforward but engaging plot, and the writing. I also appreciated the empathetic and nuanced portrayal of one of the main character's addiciton issues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Drug use, Rape, Addiction, Body horror, and Emotional abuse

ktkennedy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

3.75

This was my first Karin slaughter book and it was good, but sooooo so dark. Her writing was undeniably incredible but the content was too graphic and dark for me. It’s making me think twice before reading more of her books

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Death, Rape, Drug use, Mental illness, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

allangab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

lpdx's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Stalking, Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Vomit

Minor: Cursing, Excrement, Gun violence, Bullying, Death of parent, and Dementia

turkeybby's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Murder, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Grief, Gore, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail