Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

Triptych by Karin Slaughter

4 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.

bradonlong's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

2.5

On paper, there's absolutely nothing wrong with this novel, the first in the Will Trent series. I can see why it's held its audience and is so popular. In fact, I label this under the "It came to me at the wrong time," category. Why?

It's unrelentingly bleak, hard and with never even a glimmer of hope or happiness. 

Excruciatingly detailed with fully-fleshed out characters (and then some, honestly) and a blindsiding twisty and clever plot, I should have enjoyed this more. I simply felt myself, my mood dragged down while reading it. It will be worth a second venture when I'm more mentally prepared for the type of material. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Body horror, Rape, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, and Physical abuse

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

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Content Warnings

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

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

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

anigoose's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.75

Look, there's the obvious Genre Stuff and Karin Slaughter Stuff here but I found myself not loving the dyslexia talk too much and makes me a little nervous about the rest of Will Trent. I do not love ableds writing us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Police brutality, and Rape

Moderate: Vomit