Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

Kisscut by Karin Slaughter

15 reviews

lealovesbooks's review against another edition

dark

2.5

This one was rough. Probably would have skipped if I had read the trigger warnings first. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Cancer, Child death, Classism, Grief, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Murder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Bullying, Suicide attempt, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Alcoholism, Drug use, Incest, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Racism, Fatphobia, Gore, Lesbophobia, and Rape

memydogandbooks's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Another cracking, brutally dark thriller from the Queen - Karin Slaughter.  This is book 2 in the Grant County series. Recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Sexual violence

bertienomi91's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Cancer, Death of parent, Vomit, Pregnancy, Rape, Medical content, Pedophilia, and Violence

fkshg8465'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I don’t know how this author does it. Somehow she takes the darkest of humanity and makes it something I want to read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Infidelity, Addiction, Pregnancy, Trafficking, Violence, Abandonment, Abortion, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Incest, Self harm, Sexual content, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Physical abuse, and Rape

bookwormatheart's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mental illness, Gore, Suicide, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Incest, Torture, Grief, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Cancer, Toxic relationship, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexism, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Suicide attempt

owlribbon's review against another edition

dark tense

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Child death, Alcohol, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Cancer, Child abuse, Incest, Infertility, and Self harm

notartgarfunkel'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Incest, Child death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Suicide, Cancer, Gun violence, Rape, and Terminal illness

Moderate: Trafficking and Kidnapping

Minor: Fatphobia

hannahmay1106's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Hate crime, Child death, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Trafficking, and Violence

tesssiob's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

The first book in the Grant County series was fucked up but fun. I hated Kisscut. I could rant for hours about how gross it is. I don’t know if the homophobic and anti-choice protagonists are a product of the time but I found it really disturbing in a book full of pedophilia and police brutality. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Police brutality, Trafficking, Child abuse, Incest, and Murder

Moderate: Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Body shaming, Cancer, and Child death

bookishdaylight's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Karin never fails to amaze me with her writing style which makes you feel disturbed and alarmed when reading. The plot was rather dark in subject matter making it gruesome in some cases along with adding some twisted details than it already is.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Incest, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Violence, Addiction, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Slavery, Trafficking, Body horror, Child death, Rape, and Sexual assault