Reviews tagging 'Adult/minor relationship'

Triptych by Karin Slaughter

40 reviews

katiea714's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Bullying, Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Classism

possibilityleft's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Trafficking, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

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

---

Content Warnings

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

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse and Pedophilia

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

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

emilyspex's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

3.75

This book was amazingly written. That said, I really don't know how to feel about how Slaughter deals with race in this story. Sometimes it seems like she's trying to subvert certain stereotypes, but sometimes it feels like she might believe some of them.

I would give a lot of caveats before recommending this book to someone.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Gore, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

nadia_ndco's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

0.5

This book was written by a person of privilege  in 2006 and it shows… lots of offensive language and stereotypes 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Death

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Xenophobia, Blood, Alcohol, and Classism

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Infidelity, and Kidnapping

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

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

susysstories's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

4.5

Again a very gruesome and horrific thriller which had me engrossed from the start till the end. All th3 surprises were sprung upon the reader in the first half of the book. There’s no big twist at the end but the path leading to the resolution had me captivated all book long. Like with Lena I did wonder how Will and Angie can do their jobs properly with everything going on in their lives, both in the past and the present. And again I wonder at how all the characters in Slaughter’s books have such troublesome lives. I also wonder how Slaughter would manage writing a thriller less gruesome but just as engrossing…

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt

autumnwhite's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

5.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

syab13's review against another edition

dark emotional

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder