623 reviews for:

Cop Town

Karin Slaughter

3.78 AVERAGE

jen_is_booked's review against another edition

4.0

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This was very good, but very dark and gritty so if you have triggers, you need to check them ahead of time. This was a unflinching look at how police forces worked (or didn't work depending on your perspective) in the early to mid 70's, they were a "good ol' boys club" and women and minorities were NOT welcomed and were treated accordingly. In fact there is one scene where it's believed a young male officer is both gay and a serial killer and the senior officer thinks being gay is the worse of the two. Like I said, check your triggers! If you've read Karin Slaughter before, you know that she doesn't shy away from the tough stuff, or the gross stuff, or really any of the "stuff". There is some spice, so if you are very against that, then you've been warned.

shanmcg's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious 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: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexism, Violence

Moderate: Stalking

summerbooks78's review against another edition

4.25

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

eerie_otter20's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

georgiexcakes's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

emmalv1621's review against another edition

2.0

adventurous challenging dark mysterious 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

laurenwb's review against another edition

1.0

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Gutted this one out through pure stubbornness and a lot of skimming. It felt contrived, a lot of shock value cobbled together in an attempt to hide a thin, uninteresting plot.

kkohl1986's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 9%

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Eh. May come back to it

talia_eh's review against another edition

2.75

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

babsberrybooks's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes