Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

222 reviews

knitwitte8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

This one kept me engaged from early on - which is exactly what I look for in a book. It's graphic and difficult at points, so that's something to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

cromat's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Murder, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Suicide, Pedophilia, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Fatphobia, Death of parent, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Emotional abuse, and Fire/Fire injury

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

_mechita's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Confinement, Torture, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Body horror, Cursing, Murder, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Suicide, Car accident, Death, and Infidelity

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

savannahph's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Suicide, Kidnapping, Rape, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Murder, and Trafficking

aberwin's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

ZERO stars this book was absolutely unnecessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Stalking, Suicide, Blood, Murder, Vomit, Sexual assault, Addiction, Drug use, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Torture, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, and Physical abuse

awhitson's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

4.75

This is a very dark read, but a well written mystery. It probably could’ve been shorter. The audio book includes a short story that I haven’t finished listening to yet, so it looks like the book is 20 hours, but it’s actually a couple less. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Abandonment, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Gore, Infidelity, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

monica0309's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Torture, Stalking, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Vomit, Death, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Murder, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Fatphobia, Drug abuse, Addiction, Body shaming, Cursing, Drug use, and Fire/Fire injury