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A review by kennplume
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
Pretty Girls is the first Karin Slaughter book I have ever read and it might be the last. Not because it’s a trashy thriller book with graphic violence, but because it’s a poorly written, trashy thriller book with graphic violence.
I’ll start by saying this book is not for anyone who is sensitive to violence, sexual violence and torture, or rape. There are a LOT of scenes where the author drags out descriptions of these acts on women. The first time we experience this plot point is shocking and effective for the story. Where the author runs into issues is she explains this same thing over and over and over again throughout the book. It gets tiresome and over done, and the shock value is no longer in effect.
Secondly I found that the character development lacked significantly and the dialogue between the two main characters SO TEDIOUS. I feel like the author was trying to convey a sibling dynamic but it was so beyond annoying to read them go back and forth at each other over the same conversation for pages and pages and pages.
This book is a trashy thriller, so don’t expect anything mind blowing. I just wish it was a better trashy thriller.
I’ll start by saying this book is not for anyone who is sensitive to violence, sexual violence and torture, or rape. There are a LOT of scenes where the author drags out descriptions of these acts on women. The first time we experience this plot point is shocking and effective for the story. Where the author runs into issues is she explains this same thing over and over and over again throughout the book. It gets tiresome and over done, and the shock value is no longer in effect.
Secondly I found that the character development lacked significantly and the dialogue between the two main characters SO TEDIOUS. I feel like the author was trying to convey a sibling dynamic but it was so beyond annoying to read them go back and forth at each other over the same conversation for pages and pages and pages.
This book is a trashy thriller, so don’t expect anything mind blowing. I just wish it was a better trashy thriller.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence