Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

35 reviews

heykibekey's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

This book will leave you sobbing. Slaughter’s storytelling and description of some of the darkest places, ideas, actions, etc. makes her a master. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Adult/minor relationship, and Body shaming

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, and Pandemic/Epidemic

melmertsis's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

4.75

Overall I absolutely loved this book, and everytime I put it down I couldn't wait to pick it back up. 

The only thing I didn't like was how much reference there was to COVID (and NOT because I'm a conspiracy theorist like Phil). I just didn't feel like those details (i.e. referencing masks being up or down, etc) really added anything and it almost got distracting -- we've all lived with it for 3 years so I would have enjoyed getting lost in a story world where it doesn't exist, y'know? 

All in all, incredible read as usual from Slaughter!!!  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Dementia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Chronic illness, Cursing, Gore, Grief, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Physical 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

triple_m's review

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

This book made me tear up? I wasn’t expecting that haha. Another good book by Karin Slaughter, but definitely doesn’t live up to Pretty Girls or The Good Daughter in my opinion. The book took a really long time for me to get really into it, but once it finally got going I was hooked. Very satisfying ending.

This is the first book I’ve read where I didn’t hate the inclusion of COVID. I still didn’t love it but I think Slaughter incorporated it in ways that made the setting feel more real.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Murder, Rape, Blood, Kidnapping, and Violence

pernillelsk's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Rape, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Death, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Self harm, Murder, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Suicide, and Stalking

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

eib_21's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Blood, Abandonment, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Kidnapping, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide, and Self harm

Minor: Lesbophobia

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

beckyremillard's review

dark emotional 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

3.75

Leigh’s terrible past is coming back to haunt her. She’s forced to represent a man who knows what happened 20 years ago and he’s out for revenge. 

This started out fast as the first chapter was brutal. The ending was also action packed, but a lot of the middle was very slow and I kind of skimmed to get through it faster. There are also parts that are very hard to read.  

This is the first book I’ve read by this author and I was glad it wasn’t as courtroom centered as I was afraid it would be. However, there were a lot more details on some things than I expected and it was hard to read. I don’t even know how to put all my thoughts into words because I’m kind of still reeling. 

Side note, this book has very long chapters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Suicide, Addiction, Blood, Death, Rape, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism

Mentions COVID-19 a lot