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Triptych by Karin Slaughter

48 reviews

chloead_'s review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Self harm and Suicide attempt

libraryjen's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Karin Slaughter can write! Of course, her stories are also dark and disturbing, but once you start, you can't put it down.

Re-read 5/30/204 in preparation for the release of <i>That is Why We Lied</>: It's been long enough that I didn't remember all the details, and it was just as enjoyable the second time through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Drug use, Sexual assault, Torture, Vomit, Violence, and Cursing

hopelessromanticbookworm's review against another edition

I got this book a while ago and it has been sitting on my bookshelf ever since. When I pulled this out of my TBR tin I was so excited to finally get round to reading this. At first it was interesting to see it starting in a different (around 1991 or earlier) before it skipped to 2006. It was a slow start, beginning with a crime scene and your reading in the POV of a police detective. 

Everything was sort of okay, you had a killer on the loose that raped, beaten and bit out the tongues of his victims and the youngest being 10 years old. Then you have the police detective who is on the rocks with his marriage and a disabled 8 year old son. And because he can’t get any romance or sex out of his wife since she works double shifts in a hospital to help get more money for their son’s therapist, he has been next door with a 15 YEAR OLD getting blowjobs and whatever else he gets behind his wife’s back! But that wasn’t what stopped me reading…

I was just coming towards the end of a chapter when these words appeared on my page…and I quote “Are you retarded now? Autistic? Is that what’s wrong with you?”
Being Autistic this sentence got me really upset that I was crying my eyes out because it felt like the author is calling us (autistics) stupid and dumb and it hurt me. After that I couldn’t carry on and ended up DNFing. 

I’m not sure if anyone else is okay just reading through this book but I know I’m not.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Murder, and Rape

I wish there was an option to add discrimination to the triggers, since what I mention in my explanation made me feel hurt and discriminated upon x

peskimo's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Self harm, Suicide attempt, Racism, and Medical content

wordsofclover's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Child abuse

ekmook's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

amandamagdic's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Triptych is one of those books that pulls you in right from the beginning and keeps you there. We start off with a detailed graphic description of a gruesome murder and you just need to know more. I "read " this as an audio book and at first the narrators voice almost ruined it for me but I'm glad I stuck with it. 

This is the first in a series of police/crime drama novels featuring Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) detective Will Trent. Trent comes from a rough past growing up in the systems and being abused by those who are supposed to be caring for him. He also suffers from dyslexia that went undiagnosed as a child and that he refuses to get treated now for fear of repercussions at his job and pride. 

Will gets called into assist Atlanta PD on the brutal rape and murder of a prostitute in Atlanta's version of the projects. He is brought in due to similarities to several other of his cases the main one being all the girls have had their tongues removed - primarily by being bitten off. But Will's vicitms all survived and were children. Jump to John Shelley, a convicted felon for rape and murder of a classmate at 16, and his past. How is he connected to this new string of cases and are the aligning factors just a coincidence?

Slaughter weaves an interconnecting tale that keeps you in suspense and spinning trying to figure out what you think you know. With a slightly slow start it quickly picks up pace and has you engaged and guessing trying to piece together how everything and everyone are connected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

ameli2na's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

My second Karen Slaughter book (Pretty Girls being my first) and I am just amazed by the way she is able to make me want to stop reading forever but also not want to put the book down. One thing I've learned is that nothing Slaughter puts on the page is filler- every detail comes back to hit you in the face. So excited to continue the Will Trent series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt