Reviews

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

jillianjiggs666's review against another edition

emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

glitchreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I enjoy this authors thrillers. They’re good drama. That being said I was uncomfortable with all the flashbacks to the creepy pedophile saying creepy pedo things. Over and over. I get flashbacks but goddamn. Didn’t enjoy. Hated hearing actually. Sometimes far fetched insane thrillers are fun to theorize about and I’d say that was true with this one even though it was gross. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Rape

alexab0975's review against another edition

3.0

This one was not her best….it had a good story line but it was super wordy and overly descriptive. I found myself re-reading several sentences over again trying to figure out what she was describing. The last few paragraphs were probably the best part of the whole book.

emilypage99's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

4.0

wednesdayzombie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.0

eashgoyal's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

zodiak_21's review against another edition

5.0

What a great read! I love that it is set in the current time COVID and all.

eudoralynn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

melissatrew's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

”We’re not just dealing with one psycho. We’re dealing with two.”

Wow, this was a wild ride. A chillingly dark story for sure (TW: assault, abuse, rape, pedophilia, multiple murders, graphic portrayals of drug use & addiction, suicidal ideation, and more), but I was absolutely hooked and couldn’t put it down.

There were a few elements of the story that felt unfinished, and critical plot points that happened off-page for a character to recap later, which really annoyed me. I want to see & experience “big reveals,” and the characters’ reactions to them, in the moment with the MC, instead of just hearing about it after the fact. So that took me out of the story a bit. But other than that, this was a nearly-perfect thriller, with SUCH a creepy psycho villain!

“Don’t you know by now that I live for danger?”

kaitlynwag's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0