Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

19 reviews

wackly93's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Eating disorder, Torture, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Self harm, Pedophilia, Vomit, Medical content, Rape, Grief, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug use, and Blood

Moderate: Dementia

Minor: Pregnancy

peakoldladylife'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
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Addiction, Drug use, Medical content, Body horror, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Murder, Rape, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Moderate: Vomit

katie316says's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

What a fucking wild ride. But honestly, I expect nothing less from Karin Slaughter. This book was insane from the start and didn’t let up from there. I loved how all the different parts came together and how I never stopped being shocked by the reveals throughout. I think the scene where

Andrew shoots up Callie in the old house

is perhaps the most uncomfortable I’ve ever felt reading a book, and I had to keep looking away from the words on the page. I was hoping for a

happier ending for Callie, but really I think Karin brought it together perfectly in a more realistic way.

Would definitely recommend, but  check content warnings.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Medical content and Pandemic/Epidemic

marselise's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Dementia, Medical content, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

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

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

killmoore_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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

5.0

This made me laugh. It made me angry. It was gut wrenchingly real and portrayed guilt and addiction in a way that left me speechless. Twisty turny, gruesome, and so so heartbreaking, this book gets a solid 5 from me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gaslighting, Cursing, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Gore, Violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pandemic/Epidemic, Murder, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Dementia, Classism, Chronic illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Rape, Pregnancy, Medical content, Grief, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Torture, Suicide, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia

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

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Vomit, Addiction, Body horror, Gun violence, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Sexism, Stalking, Suicide, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

autumnwhite's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Pedophilia, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.0

What a disturbing book lol. She really knows how to write disgusting things. I really enjoyed this and how dark it was, while also talking about important events and things like Covid, pedophilia, childhood abuse, and drug abuse. I really loved the sister relationships(she always does such a good job with it). I really liked how strong our female characters were. This did make me cry which I wasn’t expecting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Cursing, Death, Kidnapping, Gore, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, and Grief