Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

49 reviews

danaleelin's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

briannenicholle's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

justnei's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

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

1.0

This is the story of two sisters who have lived drastically different lives, stemming from a traumatic childhood. One sister is a drug addict, the other a lawyer. Callie and Leigh love each other despite their different lives, and this theme was particularly touching to me throughout the book. The only part of this book I enjoyed was the relationships between characters. Dr. Jerry and Callie was a second favourite to Callie and Leigh. The love and support that filled their relationship was soothing in otherwise emotionally turbulent and extremely violent book. The sisters lives are thrown into chaos when their past comes to their present to haunt them, and what follows are disturbing, detailed accounts of violence against women. A few years ago, Karin Slaughter books were morbidly fascinating to me. Now, they are so far from my cup of tea I know I'll likely never pick up another one. The ending of this book was so incredibly depressing to me, I wish I had never read it. 

Lastly, my biggest nitpick. I hated how much the author referenced covid. It felt like she was describing the pandemic to someone who has lived on a different planet and had no idea what's been happening on earth since early 2020.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder, Stalking, Rape, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Child abuse

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit

melsuke's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Violence, Sexual violence, Vomit, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, and Addiction

Moderate: Blood

d_souza's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Medical trauma

rachaelallyn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Bullying, and Eating disorder

thespinystacks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.5

Typical to Slaughter’s other books this is filled with hard to read (and harder to forget) violence, blood, vomit and drug use. This was an interesting storyline that makes you think about your ethics and how far is too far to go to protect family. 

I loved the way Covid was mentioned in this book, without being a major storyline or anything. If you do read it I highly recommend you read the Author’s Note afterwards to gain some insight as to why Covid was mentioned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Vomit

heatherfielding's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Suicide