Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Criminal by Karin Slaughter

11 reviews

meagsreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Drug abuse, Racism, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Torture, and Sexism

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-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

4.0

The only reason I give it four stars is because it explains so much about Will. However, as for readability, it was exhausting. I kept falling asleep and having to reread the same chapters over and over. I feel like I know so much better Amanda and Will though, that is worth all four stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Dysphoria, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Abandonment, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, Death of parent, Torture, Ableism, Blood, Confinement, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, and Racism

abby_can_read's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? Yes

3.0

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This book was good. It kept me entertained and interested. This wasn't my favorite in the series. The characters were alright, the relationships were fine, and the plot had a few twists.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Blood, and Physical abuse

Minor: Suicide, Abortion, Gore, Rape, and Sexual assault

kirstym25's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Blood, Confinement, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Torture, Murder, Rape, Racism, and Death

Moderate: Forced institutionalization and Xenophobia

jordan_uhden'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Grief, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, Death, Racial slurs, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical content, Addiction, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Religious bigotry

katrinaburch's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I do feel like this book should have been a little earlier in the series because it explains ALMOST ALL of Amanda's behavior towards Will. I don't like it but it makes so much more sense now. And I think Kitty and Angie conspired to kill Will's dad

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Gore, Murder, Death of parent, Blood, Confinement, Physical abuse, Violence, and Suicide

Minor: Physical abuse, Rape, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

joshoonet's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

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

2.0

• The text is divided into two plotlines: present day and '74/'75. I enjoyed the present day parts much more, mainly because the other plot was absolutely full of slurs and -isms.
•  ...which is realistic for the police force in Atlanta, Georgia in the 70s, and one of the themes of the book are race and gender issues in the police. Still, it wasn't for me.
• The nature of the crimes is pretty unique and interesting, and i liked the last third of the book with all its turns and tense scenes the best.
• Overall: Probably gonna unhaul this one as soon as i need space on my shelves, apart from a couple of action scenes and some moments with Amanda Warner it didn't work for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Confinement, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, Murder, Addiction, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Vomit, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Alcohol, and Alcoholism

Minor: Self harm, Suicide, Child abuse, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, and Cancer

While murder, injury and rape are prevalent over the entirety of the book, most - if not all - of the slurs, discrimination and sexual harassment take place in the sections set in the 70s.

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Death, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Stalking, Addiction, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Body horror, Torture, and Trafficking

Minor: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Forced institutionalization, Abortion, Cursing, Death of parent, Infidelity, Infertility, and Suicide

ramisa_hossain's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

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

5.0

The twists I did not see it coming. I was shooketh

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual content, Torture, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Blood, Addiction, and Misogyny

Moderate: Child abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Police brutality, and Rape

fbzcab's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Violence