Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

50 reviews

ljkruz's review against another edition

Too dark and disturbing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

esmc3's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I liked this book. It had a lot of plot twists and kept me engaged right until the end. But it was very long, the chapters are criminally long, and it's gruesome. Like really, really gruesome. I usually have a tough stomach for these things but this kept me up at night, not in a good way. If you have any personal experience with sexual violence, missing persons, or murder, stay far away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Suicide, Sexual violence, Torture, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, Drug abuse, Blood, Grief, Police brutality, Sexual content, Death, Child death, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Misogyny, and Rape

bellagee's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Police brutality, Rape, and Drug use

mahollo26's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Police brutality, Addiction, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Violence, Grief, and Sexual violence

framedflower's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Rape, Gore, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Torture, Sexual violence, Death, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Death of parent, Confinement, Car accident, and Blood

autumnrls's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Torture, Trafficking, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

g1oielli's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Sexual content, Child death, Excrement, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death of parent, Rape, Trafficking, Cursing, Toxic relationship, Blood, Body horror, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Torture, Sexual assault, and Vomit

schnanko's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexism, Stalking, Violence, Body horror, Murder, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Gun violence, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Very, very gory. Check trigger warnings. I thought it was kind of predictable but I loved the sister relationship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Drug use, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Rape, Suicide, Vomit, Bullying, Confinement, Grief, Violence, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Self harm, Stalking, and Torture

laurenelisewrites's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

Pretty decent thriller. The twists were cool but the ending was a little underwhelming, predictable. Definitely a page turner though, and I was thoroughly entertained. Some funky off-comments about POC in the beginning as well… couldn’t tell what the purpose of that was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, Gun violence, Cursing, Body horror, Sexual violence, Stalking, Grief, Blood, Sexual assault, Torture, Murder, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Police brutality, and Drug use