Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

A Boa Filha by Karin Slaughter

171 reviews

jgss's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective 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: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual violence, and Violence

aurora_because's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, and Infidelity

Minor: Suicide and Abortion

deaundrice's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

lindsayvale's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy

ripxreads's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

Moderate: Child death and Gun violence

tayreads10'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I loved this book despite the many trigger warnings it comes with. She has such a way with words that has you feeling like you're right there. You picture the scenes and even the smells. Quite a few you wish you didn't picture because of how disturbing they are. Sam, Charlie, Rusty, and Gamma will live rent free in my mind. I went through so many emotions during this book and cried a few times. This is definitely a rollercoaster with twists and turns I didn't see coming. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

flea42's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-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

5.0

Everything Karin Slaughter writes is gold I will listen to no haters

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, Transphobia, Police brutality, Grief, and Abortion

booksandcoffeewithlexi's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, and Pregnancy

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

mutantfoodie's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? No

4.0

This was a great mystery! Very dark though. No one with a weak stomach should read. Not torture "corn", but very descriptive in the spots it needed it. Nothing was said for the sake of saying it. The heart of this story is a family, specifically sisters and their relationship. Great twists. Some obvious, some not. I would recommend this to anyone that likes a little dark mystery. 

SPOILERS AHEAD!!!! DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU DO NOT WANT SPOILERS. 

<The book opens with sisters Samantha, 15, and Charlotte, 13, practicing a relay race in their yard. Their mom is inside. They are expecting their dad who is a defense attorney at any time. The girls go in to prepare for dinner and two masks men show up. Through the ordeal, the mom is murdered, Sam is shot in the head and buried alive, and we think Charlotte runs away to the neighbors house and gets help.
It then flashforwards 28 years. Sam is a parent lawyer in New York. Charlie is a defense attorney in their home town. Sam has lost her husband to cancer. Charlie is having a rough time in her marriage. The girls have not spoken in years. Charlie has to go to the middle school to get her phone from a one night stand when a school shooting occurs. 
The rest of the book is trying to figure out what really happened in the school, how these people are intertwined with what happened to the girls years ago, and fixing the familial relationships.>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Moderate: Cancer, Miscarriage, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Police brutality, Murder, and Pregnancy

Minor: Infertility