Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

92 reviews

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

l1brarygirl's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Child death, Infidelity, Addiction, Rape, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Suicide, Grief, Death of parent, Abandonment, Blood, Torture, Physical abuse, Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Trafficking, Misogyny, Body shaming, Vomit, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Cursing, and Gaslighting

akcurtis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

4.5

Parts of this were really challenging to read. It was more graphic than I expected (should have read more reviews!). That aside, even though it was fairly predictable, I wanted to know how it would all turn out, and the ending is satisfying.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Drug abuse

sarahhmaree's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

this book was like a car crash in that i couldn’t pull my attention away. so graphic and dark, devastating at times, but still worth a read (or a listen) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

knitwitte8's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

This one kept me engaged from early on - which is exactly what I look for in a book. It's graphic and difficult at points, so that's something to get through. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Death, Drug use, Grief, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Murder, Blood, Confinement, Death of parent, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

torisbookspace's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Gore, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Death, Alcoholism, Torture, Confinement, Addiction, Blood, Sexual assault, Rape, Physical abuse, and Misogyny

jessmv87's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Drug use, Grief, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Car accident, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Gaslighting, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, Misogyny, Suicide, and Torture

bababookmatt's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

I’ve never seen marital infidelity be so innocuous. I guess that’s just relative to stalking, rape, torture, murder, and human trafficking. This book is pretty dark. The darkness brought out a very specific and personal darkness in the protagonists, which made them compelling and believable. This is a great read but it is the antithesis of enjoyable or relaxing. I’m glad I read it but I’m also relieved to be done reading it.

Be aware, TW//graphic sexual violence, torture, murder

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Trafficking, Gun violence, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, Blood, Death of parent, Grief, Murder, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence

zoedonn's review against another edition

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? It's complicated

2.5

So so graphic!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Suicide, and Torture

Moderate: Drug use, Gun violence, and Drug abuse

Minor: Body shaming, Fire/Fire injury, and Abandonment

Check your trigger warnings before your read this book. It was hard to get through.