Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

169 reviews

sammy121895's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.75

I loved this book. It kept me on the edge of my seat and I never knew what was coming next. The characters are well developed and there were no plot holes(that I noticed).  Dr Jerry is my favorite character ever written. 

Sisters Callie and Leigh have a special bond. When they were teens, they helped each other to cover up a crime. Now, as adults many years later, they are each living very different lives. Callie is a self described junkie who shoots up to cope with her pain. Leigh is a newish lawyer with a husband and teen daughter. Randomly one day, a witness neither of them had previously known saw their crime, comes out of the woodwork and begins playing head games with the sisters. He threatens to expose their crime if they don’t do what he wants. They must figure out how to keep him from exposing them while trying to get out of the terrible mess he has brought about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Alcohol

haleea's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

cried through the last ~50 pages 

i wish she did not include so much about covid and i feel like that plus some other stuff could have been cut out. but overall a very emotional story and good characters (i love u dr. jerry) 

please check trigger warnings for this!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

cardanrry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Pregnancy

might_be_may's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Murder, and Sexual harassment

rae_carr21's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder

sasisaskia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic

edithbookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Alcohol

maregred's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Gore, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Minor: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

rowanbg's review against another edition

dark

do you ever read a book that is just deeply not your thing, but you have to lead a book club about it for work, so you drag yourself through it kinda just waiting for a legit excuse to dislike it, and then you come across a predatory bisexual character and think "ok, this works as a focus for my frustrations"?
yeah

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Medical content

Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Dementia, and Pandemic/Epidemic

cleches's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Murder