Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

6 reviews

khoffarth's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Death, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

shaqydoo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Rape, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion

kimveach's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

Great hard-hitting thriller.  I stayed up too late to finish this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Gore, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Bullying, Classism, Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

This book is about violent crimes. If you are easily triggered, you probably shouldn't read this.

kzkoni's review against another edition

Dnf at 45%. So many covid references. I read to relax, reading about covid is honestly the last thing i need.
Also felt like the story was just going so so slow and just dragging on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Addiction, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

sydapel's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

3.75

I'm incredibly conflicted. I really admire Slaughter's ability to create high intensity thrillers that examine topics like childhood trauma and sexual assault, all within the lens of a strong sister relationship. It's done very well here, but I cannot come to a conclusion about whether I enjoyed it. It's possible I've become too soft fo stories like this,.but the climatic scene was extremely upsetting and at times I struggled to understand with the characters' intentions. However, it was gripping and Slaughter manages to create two really compelling main characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Sexism, Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Drug use, and Rape

Moderate: Cursing, Bullying, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion

lippland's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.0

This was my first Karin Slaughter novel. It started out a bit meh — felt a bit forced and several of the descriptions and adjectives seemed repetitive. After getting through the first part the plot began to come together and didn’t seem as forced. The timeliness of the book — set during Covid — was also interesting. 

Fast paced, good character and plot development. Challenging themes.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia