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Cop Town by Karin Slaughter

12 reviews

fkshg8465's review against another edition

dark emotional sad 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? Yes

3.75

Actually is less than a four. Rounding up. It was good, but I think I love the Will Tent series so much that I can’t help but compare this book to those. Will say book kept getting as it progressed. Hoping this one gets spun off into its own series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Confinement, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Medical content, Transphobia, Body shaming, Grief, Bullying, Hate crime, Misogyny, Outing, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexism, Stalking, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and War

jazzijessi's review against another edition

informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

I really struggled with the first half of this book. I put it down for a couple of weeks then I picked it back up and raced through to the end. Really great ending and glad I read this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Violence, Antisemitism, Homophobia, and Murder

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

izypup's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

True to its time period, just about every slur possible is said in this book. It’s not really my place to comment on the use of slurs to make a time accurate book but was extremely aware that this is written by a white woman from Georgia who I do not believe to be Jewish. Another thing that gave me pause and took me out of the story is the fact that every man is enamored with Kate, even the gay ones. And even when her uniform is three times too big and couldn’t possibly show her boobs off 

Fox/Bixby even holds off on killing her because he wants to have sex with her too badly

I almost thought that Rick would be the shooter based on how much attention he got and that he was also a vet but was the “safest guy”. I didn’t mind it just being one of the assholes who stuck around Terry though.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Hate crime, Misogyny, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Police brutality, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Transphobia, Alcohol, Cursing, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Xenophobia, Murder, Outing, Pedophilia, Medical content, Rape, War, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Sexism

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Suicide, Gaslighting, Bullying, Classism, Car accident, Emotional abuse, and Body shaming

Minor: Vomit, Self harm, Panic attacks/disorders, Excrement, Kidnapping, Forced institutionalization, and Suicidal thoughts

catriona176's review against another edition

dark slow-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? It's complicated

2.75

I normally adore Slaughter’s books but found this one lacking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Sexual content, Bullying, Racism, and Sexual harassment

Minor: War

silverhill's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Bullying, Death, Gore, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Xenophobia, Cursing, Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Transphobia, and Violence

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Outing, Stalking, Blood, Confinement, Physical abuse, Genocide, Sexual content, Alcohol, Vomit, and Suicide

Minor: Drug use, Drug abuse, Infidelity, and Rape

iits_larlar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, Transphobia, Violence, Vomit, and War

ualmeida's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Racism, Violence, Antisemitism, Gun violence, Gore, Homophobia, and Racial slurs

cit_cat's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative 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: Homophobia, Murder, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, Violence, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Bullying, Death, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Racism, Sexism, and Sexual harassment

thebookaddict's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.0

🇳🇱 Het was een leuk boek die prima weg te lezen is. Alleen had ik meer van Karin Slaughter verwacht. Het boek veraste me eigenlijk niet echt, behalve het plot op het einde. Die had ik niet aan zien komen. Voor de rest vond ik het een prima boek, behalve dan dat ik meer spanning en twists had verwacht.

🇬🇧: it was good book, and I have tead it pretty quickly. But I had higher hopes for a Karin Slaughter book..  the books itself didn't really suprise me, except for the end. But it is a great book, except for the fact that was honing for a bit more trilling content.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Bullying, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Stalking, Torture, Vomit, Alcohol, Racism, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, and War

Minor: Grief, Cursing, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Suicide attempt, Outing, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Trafficking, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicidal thoughts

cestnicka's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

This was a good read, however it is not for the faint of heart! 

Cop town is set in Atlanta, Georgia 1974 during a time of social and political turbulence. There is a cop killer on the loose during a time when massive change is happening within the Atlanta police department and the world. 

Karin slaughter does a very good job of describing what it was like to be anything other than a white male cop in the Atlanta police force in the 70s. It describes in graphic detail how the old guard was; racist, homophobic, antisemitic, misogynistic, and the list goes on. I found it very interesting to be completely submerged into that era. 

But because it's keeping it historically accurate, the vocabulary is very graphic. And the scenes are sometimes difficult to read, as it's crazy to imagine how that could have ever been the norm. 

It mostly focuses on two women in the police force, a more seasoned female officer who's family are all white cops, and then a newbie, who's from a more affluent family and is more open to new ideas but doesn't have the same life skills as the rest of the force. And together they are working against the old guard to solve the case. 

Learning about this era from the eyes of the two women who are very different was a cool way to read the book.

 Its not the best book I've ever read by her. the language has a purpose, but sometimes I felt it was a bit overpowering and it took away from the storyline. I also didn't connect to the characters emotionally as much as I had hoped I would! Despite those, it kept me entertained, the storyline was great and I generally enjoyed the read! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Islamophobia, Homophobia, Racism, Antisemitism, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug abuse and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism and Deadnaming