Reviews tagging 'Infidelity'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

119 reviews

beegster16's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Murder, Body horror, Child death, Sexual violence, Torture, and Child abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

mhorns's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

The story was so slow in the first 2/3 of the book that I almost dnf'd it several times. But there was so much hype about it on BookTok, that I felt like I had to stick it out to figure out what all the fuss was about. 

The pace picked up for the last 1/3, but I just felt like the "twists" were super predictable. 

I cared more about the story of the Carrol family way more than the mystery pieces at play.

This us only my second Karin Slaughter book. I liked Girl, Forgotten way more.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Addiction, Blood, Gore, and Death

Minor: Infidelity, Alcoholism, and Drug use

rachelmclmcm's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Car accident, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Gun violence, Death, Violence, and Rape

l1brarygirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child death, Infidelity, Addiction, Rape, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Blood, Torture, Physical abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Misogyny, Body shaming, Vomit, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Cursing, and Gaslighting

_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

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

wegs's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, Body horror, Gore, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, and Drug abuse

Minor: Car accident

ari_scholl's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A little bit too much trauma-porn which is why it’s not 4 stars🙃

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Confinement, Drug abuse, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Fatphobia, Rape, Self harm, Violence, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, Death, Child death, Grief, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

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