Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

A Boa Filha by Karin Slaughter

171 reviews

brewednerd's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

The story was well written and a fun listen. I did dislike the reuse of scenes (to add on when remembering things) as it felt like lazy writing. Made me think I accidentally rewinded when I didn't.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Infertility and Abortion

maddspysher's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Death of parent

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, and Abortion

kalllley's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Abortion, and Death of parent

irish_mark's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Abortion

emily_rivera's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Miscarriage, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Medical trauma

Minor: Grief

angela789's review against another edition

challenging 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

malloryalder's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

hilllb's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Murder, and Pregnancy

kesteiner's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes

3.0

I unfortunately was not as engaged with this book as I was hoping to be. I found the characters to be a bit bland and I thought the plot was a bit predictable and the ending felt very out of character to me, so I felt a bit lost when I finished the novel. This is by no means a bad book though, because overall I still enjoyed it!! When I got to

Sam's POV

I started to get into it more since I enjoyed seeing the fallout of the past crime in a new light and each new bit of truth about that night brought me in into the story a bit more. I also just really like how Karin Slaughter writes and how she builds suspense in her stories. This was still a good book overall, but unfortunately I just don't forsee it sticking with me the way that my first Karin Slaughter book, Pretty Girls, has. It felt like it didn't have as much to say and it just didn't keep me on the edge of my seat in the same way, which ultimately made The Good Daughter a bit underwhelming :/

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Moderate: Chronic illness, Infertility, and Grief

emirich286's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cancer and Abortion