Reviews tagging 'Pandemic/Epidemic'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

33 reviews

natalie_reads7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug use, Rape, Sexual violence, and Drug abuse

rowanbg's review against another edition

dark

do you ever read a book that is just deeply not your thing, but you have to lead a book club about it for work, so you drag yourself through it kinda just waiting for a legit excuse to dislike it, and then you come across a predatory bisexual character and think "ok, this works as a focus for my frustrations"?
yeah

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Stalking, Addiction, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infidelity, Dementia, Eating disorder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

alilbitofeveryth1ng's review against another edition

fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Pregnancy, Self harm, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Addiction, Alcohol, Body horror, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Rape

jaimiesauer's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-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

5.0

AMAZING. Just amazing.  This book made me both laugh and cry,  all while keeping me locked into the plot - I couldn't put it down.  I listened via audiobook, and I'm glad I did. The narrator is amazing as well. She perfectly captures the essence of each POV. Although,  I still would've loved the hard copy book too! Karin Slaughter writes SO SO well.  You see,  hear,  and feel all that the characters do. The amount of research that went into this story can't be over looked. The medical accuracy, the experience accuracy of the c-spine fusion and the addiction,  legal jargon,  etc. This author earns her keep! So impressive.  Covid details are well done too, without being overbearing or center stage.  It feels like any other time frame detail,  like describing the cars and clothing in a story set in the 1950s. I loved the conclusion.  Don't skip the epilogue or Dead Reader sections! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug use, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Rape, Child abuse, Suicide, Torture, and Sexual assault

beau_sheep's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

5.0

CALLIE NOOO
i had a gut feeling that she wouldn’t make it but

honestly the ending broke my heart in all the right and horrible twisted ways.
leigh and callie are just so outstandingly written and so real, it honestly smacks you in the face.
this was a tragic, devastating and depraved story that i just could not stop reading. 
i’m on my way to buy all of her books because this was EVERYTHING

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, and Rape

Moderate: Violence and Sexual assault

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic

kristiesbooknook's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Violence, Child abuse, Self harm, Drug use, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

babbieabbi's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-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

3.75

This thriller was much darker than most thrillers I read. It tackled some really heavy issues, to the point where it would feel icky for me to say I *enjoyed* this book. So I won’t say that. But I will say that it was captivating, and I cared so much about the characters. I desperately wanted them to make the right choices and have a happy ending. The story kept me hooked and even though my version of the book was 600+ pages, I still read it in a day. So it was a very engaging book, but definitely is too dark for me. I do have to say, the writing style pulled me out of the story at times (especially in the beginning of the book), because there are so many short statement sentences. Like, noticeably more than in most books. I did eventually get over that, but it wasn’t my favorite 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Murder, Drug abuse, Addiction, and Suicide

jedi1der's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I read this after going through a couple of comparable mysteries by other authors. What I will say is that Karen Slaughters writing is so much more confident and experienced. I cried, I laughed, I rooted for our girls. I was glued. This was a WELL CRAFTED story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Misogyny, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Addiction

Moderate: Chronic illness, Murder, Kidnapping, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Gaslighting, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Torture

mrsmishler's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Drug use, Pedophilia, Suicide, Rape, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Addiction, Gun violence, Adult/minor relationship, Pandemic/Epidemic, Sexual violence, Body horror, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Violence

daniidarkko's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Addiction, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Toxic relationship