Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

275 reviews

lue_moon's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Drew me in and kept me wanting to read until I finished it. It was incredibly graphic at points, which made some parts difficult to read. Highly, highly recommend checking out content warnings before reading (I did not, and probably should have, though not sure even that would have prepared me for how disturbing some of it is). Still, excellently written, with some twists I saw coming and some that I did not. Makes me interested to read other (maybe less graphic) books by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Murder, Violence, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, Torture, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Dementia, Suicide, and Fatphobia

yami_24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Biphobia, Death, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Self harm, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Grief, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Kidnapping, Addiction, Excrement, Trafficking, Suicide attempt, Sexual violence, Murder, Torture, Drug abuse, Sexual harassment, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Alcoholism

erika4america's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Disturbing and dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Suicide, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Addiction, and Sexual assault

torisbookspace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Alcoholism, Torture, Confinement, Addiction, Blood, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

jessmv87's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Drug use, Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Car accident, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Gaslighting, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, Misogyny, Suicide, and Torture

lisatee's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? It's complicated

4.5

Wow! Not a read for the faint hearted this one! 
My 1st Slaughter book and I very much enjoyed it ~ as much as you can with the content. 
The percentage of writing which needs ‘trigger warnings’ is huge! 
If you can overcome these, then the story is great. If someone you loved disappeared, would it be better to know what happened to them (no matter how disturbing) or would you rather live in ignorance? This is the crux of the tale. Because once you start tugging at the thread the whole thing slowly unravels! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Torture, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Blood

elmasalihovic's review against another edition

dark 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Suicide, Sexual content, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Blood, Rape, Death, Violence, Stalking, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Fatphobia, Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Cursing and Gun violence

mayrasbookverse's review against another edition

This book was brutal. It made me uneasy and nauseous. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping and Torture

Moderate: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

bcashatt's review against another edition

tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book hits the ground RUNNING and it doesn’t stop until the last page. It is intense. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Cursing, Stalking, Body horror, Confinement, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Addiction, and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Dementia, Car accident, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Fatphobia

zoedonn's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.5

So so graphic!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Suicide, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Drug abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Check your trigger warnings before your read this book. It was hard to get through.