Reviews tagging 'Death'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

489 reviews

juliacath99's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

A graphic violent mystery 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Torture, Murder, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Car accident and Suicide

taitestrasner's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

4.0

i really don’t know how to feel. SUCH a page turner, it was so hard for me to put this down, & when i did, i couldn’t stop thinking about it. my faults with this book, though, are that i feel like it was too gruesome. i feel like 50+ pages of disgusting, gory details could’ve been left out and we still would have gotten the same story. it was a LOT and personally a heavy read for me. i LOVE crime/mystery/murder books, but at some points this was a really hard read for me. other than that, i loved the story! so insane, some of the plot twists had be audibly screaming through out the whole chapter. if you can handle gore, this is definitely for you!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Body horror, Blood, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Death, Death of parent, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Rape, Torture, Confinement, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Alcohol, and Infidelity

loudonuts's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.0

a gruesome story that was ultimately about the bond between sisters. it didn’t exceed my expectations but it was an okay thriller. at the beginning the hyper descriptive violence was shocking and intense, but by the end of it, it felt pretty gratuitous. was the aim to desensitise me, or was it just bad at keeping me engaged? unfortunately i’m not sure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Grief, Child death, Rape, Domestic abuse, Sexism, Self harm, Stalking, Gaslighting, Death, Torture, Blood, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Infidelity, Addiction, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

emleeaustin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Addiction, Confinement, Death, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Misogyny

livsreadingadventure's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, Rape, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Stalking, Blood, and Addiction

Minor: Car accident, Infidelity, and Drug abuse

jessbslide's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

4.5

Tough content for sure but so well-written with surprising twists it kept me going, like every Slaughter book I have read.  The sister bond and the descriptions of place and frame of mind were strong. Definitely check trigger warnings.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, Blood, Death, Body horror, and Gun violence

Moderate: Addiction

beegster16's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Murder, Body horror, Child death, Sexual violence, Torture, and Child abuse

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

ash_michelle'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? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Violence, Confinement, Death of parent, Body horror, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Kidnapping, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Fatphobia, Addiction, Body shaming, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Excrement, and Vomit

love_isa's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Physical abuse, and Murder

allanarae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.75

I found the beginning a little slow and I think this book could have been a bit shorter but it was really good. I listened to the audiobook and the narrator’s over pronunciation of “wh” words like why, white, what, etc. drove me INSANE but I recgnoize that’s nitpicky but it did truly effect my listening experience. Also, make sure you read your triggers. This book gets pretty graphic about sexual violence, murder, and deceased bodies so if you’re sensitive to those things proceed with caution. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence