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Flores Partidas by Karin Slaughter

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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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taitestrasner's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

i really don’t know how to feel. SUCH a page turner, it was so hard for me to put this down, & when i did, i couldn’t stop thinking about it. my faults with this book, though, are that i feel like it was too gruesome. i feel like 50+ pages of disgusting, gory details could’ve been left out and we still would have gotten the same story. it was a LOT and personally a heavy read for me. i LOVE crime/mystery/murder books, but at some points this was a really hard read for me. other than that, i loved the story! so insane, some of the plot twists had be audibly screaming through out the whole chapter. if you can handle gore, this is definitely for you!!

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loudonuts's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

3.0

a gruesome story that was ultimately about the bond between sisters. it didn’t exceed my expectations but it was an okay thriller. at the beginning the hyper descriptive violence was shocking and intense, but by the end of it, it felt pretty gratuitous. was the aim to desensitise me, or was it just bad at keeping me engaged? unfortunately i’m not sure.

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emleeaustin's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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livsreadingadventure's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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monicafrania's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

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jessbslide's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

4.5

Tough content for sure but so well-written with surprising twists it kept me going, like every Slaughter book I have read. The sister bond and the descriptions of place and frame of mind were strong. Definitely check trigger warnings.

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