Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

A Boa Filha by Karin Slaughter

53 reviews

jill_holly's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

A fast-paced crime thriller with lots of twists. I really enjoyed exploring the relationship between the two sisters as they come to terms with a heinous childhood traumatic event, complicated relationships with their father, each other, and themselves, and a years-long estrangement. I appreciated the way Slaughter looked at the different ways trauma manifested for the sisters and how it played out in their lives. There were some tropes used that I would normally avoid or DNF with, but I was too invested in the story and characters by the time they came up. Ultimately, it felt like a story about the multitude of ways men engage in violence against women (physical, sexual, emotional) and the ways that impacts the lives of women for years to come. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

christina85's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

melosamatic's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

harpyd's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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

4.5

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Not my typical genre, I often shy away from crime/mystery novels as I don’t always enjoy the writing enough, but this definitely surprised me! I listened to the audiobook rather than reading a physical copy, and I think that it was read in a very captivating way as well. I was struggling a little to follow what was happening in the beginning, with a flashback scene opening the book, and then jumping 28 years later, but I was quite quickly immersed in the story. Many layers of complexity throughout. The development of the characters throughout the story was fantastic, and the slowly unfurling mystery definitely surprised me at times. I was sucker punched by the adjacent plot about three quarters of the way through, absolutely gut wrenching and took me by surprise! There’s lots to unpack here, and I might come back and write something a bit more cohesive about my thoughts. Overall very very enjoyable, even for non-mystery/ crime readers like me. Please check CW and TW, there’s quite a bit here that many may find upsetting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, and Death of parent

rsagarin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

rachaclark's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

aternes13's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

macyplier's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

emmagal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

Well written with characters I liked. But man oh man was it a hard book to get through. What these characters went through is just awful and really challenging to read about, especially since the writing was so good. Almost too good, I felt I lived through the traumatic events. Some of the worst scenes are revisited/relived multiple times, I almost couldn't take it anymore. Really compelling characters though, which kept me going. Will be looking at more books by this author but not sure I can recommend this particular one given the traumatic plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Ableism, Transphobia, and Fire/Fire injury