Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

81 reviews

ldjenkins's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

The plot is great, a good story that at points was unexpected. I don't tend to read reviews too much before reading a book but I wish I had this time. The writing is DARK and GRUESOME and GRAPHIC. If you have even a little bit of an aversion to any of the TW you see, I would suggest maybe passing in this book. Thrillers/mysteries are books I enjoy the most but this felt like horror a bit as well because of the descriptions. Again, good story, but if you think the descriptions are bad, they will only get worse. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Rape, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Addiction, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Car accident, Torture, and Suicide

savvynurse13's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Addiction, Blood, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Rape, Self harm, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Death, and Alcoholism

leegray's review against another edition

dark

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Stalking, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Gun violence, Rape, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury

tcrivera12's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Death of parent, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Death, and Grief

bethanybreton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

5.0

Oh my god. Incredible, but extremely graphic and disturbing. Not for the faint of heart. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Violence, Sexual content, Murder, Torture, Suicide, Physical abuse, Drug use, and Domestic abuse

kmnva's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

I hated everything about this and how scary it was. It definitely felt like the author was going for pure shock factor most of the time. So this was scary and disturbing and worst of all utterly predictable. The setup was slightly confusing enough to where there is an air of mystery until you understand how the characters are associated. Then I - who am usually awful at predicting - could tell where the entire story went. But I thought there is so much of the book left, there’s no way I’m going to be right about this. But no I was they just took a long and loquacious road to get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Excrement, Drug use, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Car accident, Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Rape, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Trafficking, Violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

cupcakemama's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Addiction, Blood, Gaslighting, Rape, Sexual assault, Car accident, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Torture, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Police brutality, and Sexual violence

lightfoot33's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Torture, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Grief, Rape, and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Death of parent

kdoornbos's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

2.0

The writing and plot were compelling enough to draw me in - enough that I felt I needed to finish it. However the gruesome descriptions of sadist rape and sexual torture made me queasy and gave me nightmares the first day after finishing (TBD if these persist). Even some of the plot towards the end is extremely disturbing and gruesome. Saw this in a “kindle unlimited” suggested and would not recommend to a lay reader unless you regularly read horror. No idea if the authors other books are similar but I won’t be finding out - this one crossed a line. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Drug abuse, Rape, Addiction, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Murder, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Gaslighting, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Torture, and Violence

amyrrobertson's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Gratuitous violence. Somehow made me feel both heavily disturbed and grossed out as well as numb to the entire story and all of the characters save for the journal entries of the grieving father. Do not recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Addiction, Confinement, Grief, Misogyny, Violence, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Trafficking, Body horror, Murder, and Gore