Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

After That Night by Karin Slaughter

11 reviews

lyndseegraham's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Excrement, Medical trauma, Infertility, Drug use, Body horror, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Blood, Body shaming, Grief, Medical content, Murder, Bullying, and Injury/Injury detail

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.0

Another great one. Was relieved Lena and Angie were absent from this one. Very much appreciate the attention she brings to there ever present jeopardies of being a woman and balancing that with the dedication of a man like Will, so that I can remember there are good men in the world too. And Amanda I’d really really really growing on me, quickly becoming my favorite character in this series. Really looking forward to the next one whenever it comes out. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Blood, Bullying, Grief, Child abuse, Child death, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Suicide, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Body horror, Medical content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

avadore's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.5

Might be a case of just not for me, but I found this a brutal, cruel, and voyeuristic book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

devanyb21's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Medical content, Sexual assault, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Blood, Bullying, Classism, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, and Infertility

Minor: Excrement, Abandonment, Cancer, Emotional abuse, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Pregnancy

enlamont's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Suicide, Stalking, Murder, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Medical content, Physical abuse, Torture, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual harassment

jenni_sunderland's review

dark medium-paced

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

3.75

Getting tired of the same themes - women getting violently raped and killed. I know it’s realistic and actually happens but  non-female victims also exist 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

nikkisbooknook's review

5.0

I was lucky enough to get an ARC from ~NetGalley and then doubled my luck by winning a paperback ARC from the Publisher via a newsletter competition!

I hadn't read a Will Trent book before but have read other books by the authors.  Then I watched and loved the TV series. Whilst book Will and TV Will do not look alike I still got the same vibe from them (although I must admit I think TV Will is now "my Will" in my head!!!)

Will and Sara are settling into their new engagement but trauma from Sara's past has come back to haunt her via an old case now at trial.  Sara recognises the parallels between Dani's case and her own rape.  Her rapist had gone to jail so why are there so many links between the cases.

Faith is also struggling with motherhood second time around and her fling with an FBI agent isn't the well-kept secret they thought it was!

The storyline is well crafted and the trauma Sara overcame is dealt with realistically and with care.  Whilst the SA scenes are never gratuitous, there may be readers for whom this may be too much to read.  I felt Sara was empathetic and strong and Will was her perfect foil.  Faith is the mistress of multi-tasking and she has done such a good job of raising her son, essentially only with her tribe of LEO family for support.  Yet she still seems so rocked to the core when her son makes a decision on his future.

Strong, powerful, skincrawling, suspenseful.  There were times I cried for the women traumatised, when I wanted to reach into the book and throttle some characters and the utter revulsion for all things "mixer".  I'll eventually get around to reading all the Will Trent books and I know I'm pretty much going to love them all if they are all this good!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Classism, Murder, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Infertility, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Medical trauma

mslaureeslibrary's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Alcoholism, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Confinement, Death, Medical trauma, Infertility, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Murder, Rape, and Sexism

pterodog's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

I like Karin Slaughter's books a lot, and this is another great instalment in the Will Trent series. Slightly slower to start than some of the other books, but still an exciting read with plenty of twists and turns. It did start to feel slightly implausible towards the end, but the stakes are so high with Will and Sara's characters that it seems impossible to have them solve a crime that isn't a little bit unbelievable, and I definitely don't read this series for a completely realistic storyline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Gore, Domestic abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Miscarriage, Infertility, and Suicide

alisonannk's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Alcohol, Cursing, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Miscarriage, Violence, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Bullying, Classism, Confinement, Death, Drug use, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gore, Medical content, Pregnancy, Rape, Stalking, Torture, Car accident, Medical trauma, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Police brutality, Self harm, Body shaming, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, and Suicide