Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

Girls Like Us by Cristina Alger

10 reviews

bookishchaos's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

It had a slow start, but around 50%, I was hooked! The story moved at a steady pace that kept me entertained and the twists were WILD. I also loved Nell, Lee and Sarah as characters. And the ending was a beautiful conclusion to the story. This would honestly be a great movie.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking and Murder

Moderate: Violence, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexual assault and Child abuse

e_freda's review

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

4.0

really entertaining and somewhat easy read. it’s fast paced. topic is a bit dark but never skews gory

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Xenophobia, and Police brutality

Minor: Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Alcoholism, and Trafficking

enlamont's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Death, Death of parent, Classism, Racism, Alcohol, Grief, Murder, and Trafficking

Moderate: Deportation and Police brutality

Minor: Car accident, Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Infertility, and Pregnancy

sarahna's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Car accident, Death of parent, Medical content, Police brutality, Suicide, Trafficking, Body horror, Drug use, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Domestic abuse, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, and Violence

leahcatching'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Trafficking, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Police brutality, and Pedophilia

boiler_bookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Trafficking

sheisfierce's review

adventurous dark 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? No

4.5

so happy I picked this up for a solo beach day! it finally got me back into reading. it is a marriage of all my favorite elements -  female protagonist who is a badass, BAU (thanks, Criminal Minds), family relationships, near the ocean, strong single woman, & mystery. it kind of reminded me of my comfort series, A is for Alibi. i would LOVE to see this turned into a series 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Trafficking

kylieqrada's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense 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

3.5

3.5 ⭐️s. This was fun! I don't think the investigator perspective is my fave, but this one kinda turned that premise on its head by exploring police corruption which I enjoyed. I was also down for the centering of missing and murdered Latina femmes. I would read more from this author for sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, Infertility, and Trafficking

Minor: Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, and Police brutality

chassard's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed reading this!! I couldn’t put it down. I picked it up at the airport randomly and I’m so glad I did. I love the feeling of wanting to read and get back to a story. Again, I don’t feel like this book was a literary masterpiece by any means, the writing and story were fairly straightforward. I didn’t predict everything, but it also wasn’t overly complex. A simple, enjoyable read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Trafficking

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, Gun violence, Grief, Car accident, and Blood

librariangeorgia's review

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Death of parent, Infertility, Murder, Police brutality, and Trafficking