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A review by emmagal
The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-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? It's complicated
3.0
Well written with characters I liked. But man oh man was it a hard book to get through. What these characters went through is just awful and really challenging to read about, especially since the writing was so good. Almost too good, I felt I lived through the traumatic events. Some of the worst scenes are revisited/relived multiple times, I almost couldn't take it anymore. Really compelling characters though, which kept me going. Will be looking at more books by this author but not sure I can recommend this particular one given the traumatic plot.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Terminal illness
Minor: Ableism, Transphobia, and Fire/Fire injury