Reviews tagging 'Drug use'

Triptych by Karin Slaughter

21 reviews

bettyjett's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Child abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Body horror, Murder, Gore, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Drug use, Police brutality, and Torture

This was a doozy. Some things you just can't un-know/un-read.

charadelle's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Originally, I started this as an audiobook. I don't know if I wasn't paying attention enough or if it was formatted weird because it never announced chapter changes. Which is really difficult to follow when there are multiple characters the book follows. To sum that mini saga up, I restarted the book and solely read this one. 

I did figure out the whodunnit aspect of this book about 25% of the way through. However, I loved watching the characters piece it together and the other characters unravel. This book, also put me through nearly every emotion. I was uncomfortable, I was sad - like legit shed a couple tears, I was angry, I was nervous. This was like reading an episode of Law and Order: SVU. It was also definitely written in an era where we didn't feel the need to put trigger warnings on everything, so if you get triggered easily please read with caution. I am a big shock factor girly though and this hit the nail on the head with shock factor for me. 

If you follow me you can see that part of my requirement for a 5 star rating is if I would like it to be made into a TV show or a movie. There is already a TV show that follows the main character (if it follows certain books of the series I do not know as I have yet to watch it). However, this specific book in the series does deserve it's own movie and frankly, I'm kind of bummed that only a TV show was made.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Kidnapping, Drug abuse, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Infidelity, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Cursing, and Death of parent

tdxxn's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Gore, Death of parent, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Murder, Death, Confinement, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Violence, Kidnapping, Torture, Suicide attempt, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Self harm, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

peachani's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Death, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Rape, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, and Violence

Moderate: Drug use, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Gore, Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Ableism, and Police brutality

Minor: Death of parent, Bullying, Gun violence, Abortion, War, Domestic abuse, Incest, Infidelity, Alcohol, Self harm, Cancer, Trafficking, Abandonment, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Mental illness

hauntedantiqueshop's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

2.0

I only started this series because I accidentally bought the newest book and can’t be bothered to return it yet don’t want to read that one first. 🙃 I think I’ll be doing it out of spite because I did not love this book. It wasn’t hot garbage but there was a lot going on, most of which was unnecessary.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Drug use, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual violence, Gun violence, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Domestic abuse and Kidnapping

jesshart8's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Blood, Rape, Sexual content, Drug abuse, Drug use, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Bullying, Sexual assault, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, and Body horror

littlelyre's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.25

I wanted to like it more, but the Angie character was pretty insufferable & the fact that the killer was given away so early was disappointing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, and Drug use

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

briashcar's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I couldn’t put this book down.

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Content Warnings

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

lfp315's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Drug use

Minor: Vomit

kellyallenpoe's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, Sexism, Sexual violence, Drug use, Child abuse, Rape, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse