A review by astoriareader
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

dark tense slow-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

SYNOPSIS:
  • Julia vanished twenty years ago. Her sisters, Lydia and Claire, reunite after the death of Claire’s husband, Paul.
  • The sisters search for answers about what happened to Julia, mysteries about Paul, and many other things as well.

MY THOUGHTS
  • This book felt very slow-paced to me. I typically get through books very quickly, and this book just crept long for me.
  • I am in the minority here, but I thought this book was just “meh” — lots of torture porn and graphic violence for no apparent reason.
  • As a woman, I would love it if authors, especially women authors, could stop using gratuitous violence against women as a plot device. Do something creative. Raping and murdering women, which is described incessantly and in great detail, should not be entertainment.    

TL;DR: ⭐️⭐️⭐️3 stars. Stop using gratuitous violence against women as a plot device. 
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