Reviews

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

kaitlynwag's review

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? Yes

4.0

fjguida's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? Yes

4.5

jimbowen0306's review against another edition

3.0

The book open with a young girl doing something unspeakable to the father of the child she’s babysitting, and ask her sister for help.

Jump forward in time, one sister is a hard charging lawyer. The other is a drug addict. When one of the lawyer’s clients works out what they might have done, the duo know they have to act, but how?

The story was okay, but it stretched credibility somewhat, and the ending broke credibility completely. This might have been because there was “no good way” to end the book credibly.

delpoop's review

5.0

I cannot stress how hard this is to read, especially if you have experienced any type of trauma similar to those of the characters, but it is extremely well written and thorough. I cannot wait to continue reading her work.

girlwithakindle's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.5

notnaru's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

ohmariagilbert's review

dark mysterious tense 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? Yes

4.0

rolexia's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

Once again libby has shown me an author I apparently been sleeping on! This book!! Had me crying, laughing and screaming all at the same time!! At the beginning I didn't know Calli was so young the way it made it out! She was buddy wife! I was so hurt broken when I found out how old she was! I'm glad her sister Lee came to her rescue! I only wish her sister stayed and helped her sister stay on the right track!! But I know you can only help them so far before they gotta wanna help themselves! Walter also sounded like a awesome passionate guy! And Lee really didn't deserve that man! But I'm glad he stuck it out with her! This book open your eyes to seeing you don't know about everyone struggles, you only see what's on the outside! 

And I'm so glad Andrew got what he deserved at the end! That slim ball was evil walking!!! Him and his slimy wife!!!!! 

This author knows how to pull you in and hold on to you until the very last page! 

blitskater's review against another edition

4.0

Zo, wat een verhaal! Mijn eerste boek van Slaughter en meteen ook een goeie. Het verhaal is soms gruwelijk als echt. Wat ik ook erg kan waarderen is dat het verhaal verankert is in het nu, door Covid-19 in het verhaal te verwerken. Een thriller pur sang en ik ben bang dat dit niet mijn laatste Slaugther was.

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

3.5