Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

50 reviews

mellowreading's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Grief, Gore, Excrement, Rape, Murder, Torture, Pedophilia, Violence, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Suicide, Stalking, Sexual assault, Sexism, Police brutality, Misogyny, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, and Blood

cheeselovaa's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No

3.5

This book is messed up TBH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Death, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Murder, and Police brutality

claireeturner525's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Torture, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Trafficking, Violence, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Grief, Gore, Fatphobia, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Blood, Alcoholism, and Addiction

cannesi's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.75

Took awhile to get into it because of the dense description, but following along with the audiobook helped. The story itself had me gasping and turning away as if it was something I could hide from. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Stalking, Suicide, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Physical abuse, Addiction, Death, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Police brutality, Body horror, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Torture, and Violence

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Police brutality, Car accident, Violence, Trafficking, Torture, Murder, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Confinement, Abandonment, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Addiction, Cursing, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

autumnwhite'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence

cjblates's review

dark emotional mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Murder, Sexual assault, Torture, Physical abuse, Death, Body horror, Drug use, Grief, Violence, Death of parent, Gore, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide, Blood, Rape, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, and Sexual violence

xgnes25's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Police brutality, Murder, Gun violence, Body horror, Blood, Torture, Suicide, Sexual content, Sexism, and Stalking

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

pernillelsk's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Grief, Torture, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Police brutality and Domestic abuse

abbeyhuffine94'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I would check trigger warnings first and foremost. I don’t want to say I enjoy it, but I find Slaugher’s use of unflinching and shockingly brutal violence interesting and highly effective. This is the most sickeningly violent novel I’ve ever read that wasn’t essentially “torture porn” (ironically that is one of the main plot points of this novel, but rather than it being told as what the antagonist does to their victims, it is a thriller and the story unfolds as a mystery and epic of how the antagonists violence affects so many people). In other words the extreme violence is necessary to the plot but is not the plot itself.
This novel unravels a bit at a time and takes a deep dive into a family split by tragedy and reveals an antagonist that is the definitive manifestation of evil. I was shocked, like jaw dropping to the floor shocked, on several occasions. I even felt tears well up at certain parts of this book. I think it gives such a hard hitting account of grief, psychological agony, and unspeakable cruelty. You will feel as broken as the characters at some points - I think you feel their pain, hurt, confusion, and betrayal. The cruelty they suffer is bone chilling and stomach churning. I mean, seriously, how can someone do enjoy the suffering of innocent others as one of these characters does?
That all being said, I was devouring this novel, wanting to explain this mystery along with them and wanting to understand these horrible events. I mean it is shocking and you want to know who, what, how, WHY.

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Content Warnings

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

Minor: Infidelity, Police brutality, Addiction, Car accident, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Suicide