Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Triptych by Karin Slaughter

53 reviews

dgrachel's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense 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? It's complicated

4.0

Slaughter writes a good thriller. The murders are brutal and the chase for the killer is twisty with several surprises as the tale unfolds. It takes  while to get its footing, but that’s not surprising for the first book in a series. I’ll definitely pick up the next, but (and I know this is blasphemous) I may like the TV show better, at least for now. Pedophilia is one of my least favorite plots. I’m horrified and sickened by the crimes in this one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Drug use, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide attempt

jordan_uhden's review against another edition

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Classism, Blood, Rape, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Addiction, Sexual assault, Murder, Gore, Death, Drug abuse, Child death, Abandonment, Toxic relationship, Torture, Police brutality, Gun violence, and Adult/minor relationship

dawnstrickland's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Cursing

knit_and_purl's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Child abuse

aditya_k's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

3.75

This book starts of really well, and you wont be able to see it coming, and as the story moves on it talk about the life of main character in between, gets somewhat repetitive and ends with a easy predictable plot.
That doesn't mean its bad book, just the that opening was just too god damn good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia and Drug abuse

Moderate: Death of parent, Rape, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Gun violence

gracik56's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Child death, and Rape

tiamani's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual violence, and Child death

missmichalalynn's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-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

3.5

Good opening book of a series. 
jaw dropping when they reveal that the neighbor

was only 15

I had to go back and re listen. 
Toward the end it felt like it got gratuitously bloody and gave me the ick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Medical content, Torture, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Gore

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Confinement

Minor: Suicide attempt

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Dementia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Violence, and Vomit

kathrynevans's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

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

4.0

The most graphic book I a read so far.

Didn't see any of the twist coming. The only thing I did know was that Karin Slaughter made you feel sympathetic for a convicted rapist and murder and you knew he didn't do it. But if he did then who did??

Will be carrying on with the Will Trent series because I am interested in where the characters is going. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Kidnapping, Drug abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Pedophilia