Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Flores Partidas by Karin Slaughter

997 reviews

adub345's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

0.25

I hated this so much. 

I committed to reading this for a book club and it wasy first buddy read otherwise I would have DNF'd it multiple times. 

The plot was not only twisty but also twisted. There was no need for the amount of descriptive scenes of torture porn throughout the book. 

My list of trigger warnings for this is about as long as each chapter in this book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Police brutality, Rape, Torture, Blood, Death, Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, Physical abuse, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Pedophilia

amyg677's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Deeply disturbing and twisted but so hard to put down

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Car accident, Death, and Confinement

weird_hylian24'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Torture, and Death

sockdog's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Torture, and Rape

jcampbell338's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, and Rape

angiebradley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Torture, Suicide, Kidnapping, Rape, and Drug use

juliacath99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A graphic violent mystery 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Torture, Murder, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Car accident and Suicide

ambercarnahan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Torture

Moderate: Rape

bluemc's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Gun violence, Gore, Rape, and Child death

Moderate: Drug use

abigail8908's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Overall, I thought that the story was compelling, the ending was believable, and the writing was good throughout. 

My main gripe is that the author repeats several tropes, names, and unique language devices across stories. 

Here are the things Slaughter’s The Good Sister has in common with Pretty Girls:

• Tragedy affects sisters as children
• Scientifically-minded parent
• One is a victim
• Estranged sisters
• Estrangement ends when sister explicitly states “My sister needs me”
• Use of name Quinn
• Use of name Sam 
• Use of name or nickname Huckaby/Huckleberry
• Main character with “inhospitable womb”

Having read these novels back-to-back, these things jumped out at me as I was reading and made it hard to stay submerged in the story. 

I think Slaughter’s stories are compelling. I’m honestly baffled by the repetition. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Torture, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug abuse