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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
5⭐️
I don’t think I’ve ever cried this much for a thriller
I don’t think I’ve ever cried this much for a thriller
I chuckled my way through "Blood Meridian," and read "American Psycho" mostly bored (which was the author's intent, I do believe). Thing is, snuff movies do not exist. It's true that some murderers have filmed their killings - especially if there was a political motive - but to actually film someone being killed, just for the purposes of smut, would risk a life in jail and even the death penalty. (yes, I have read Edward Lee's "The House," and it's nasty as well, worse than anything else of his I've read). It's unlikely to say the least.
The whole thing comes across as the female equivalent of incel fiction (if there is such a thing). If fiction is people being assholes (which I mostly concur with), and even if the function of crime fiction is for the reader to avoid being a victim of crime, as snuff films don't exist this even fails on its own terms.
The whole thing comes across as the female equivalent of incel fiction (if there is such a thing). If fiction is people being assholes (which I mostly concur with), and even if the function of crime fiction is for the reader to avoid being a victim of crime, as snuff films don't exist this even fails on its own terms.
VERY gory and disturbing, but also couldn't put it down!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
this book was deranged. i thought it would be heavier on the murder mystery of it, and less on the thriller. it was instead extremely graphic on the torture of women, which made me feel uneasy throughout most of the book. it took an extremely dark turn i wasn’t comfortable with, and i wouldn’t have picked it up if i knew where it was going honestly. violence heavy
First book I read by Karin Slaughter. Did not appreciate the torture of women. Could have be done so it wasn’t so graphic.
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated