Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Good Daughter, by Karin Slaughter

21 reviews

arianamaya's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

There was a good amount of tension in the book which did a good job keeping it hooked, i stayed up late into the night reading it. It's interesting how the writer writes about both crimes, however this did give less chance to expand on each one. I'm not quite sure if i like the way the author wrote the end of the story, but it did tie up loose ends. overall a good read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Rape, Gore, and Suicide

Minor: Terminal illness and Panic attacks/disorders

shawnna_reads2's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Infidelity, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Bullying, Rape, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Infertility, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, and Abortion

ladyeowyns's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, and Injury/injury detail

Moderate: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, and Police brutality

Minor: Ableism and Transphobia

saraavowlerr'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? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I felt like some parts were redundant and some were confusing. But I loved the relationship between Lenore and rusty and rusty and the daughters and ben and Charlie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Cancer, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Injury/injury detail, Abortion, Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Rape, Infertility, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny

Moderate: Abortion and Adult/minor relationship

chloemollieahn's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

This novel was my favorite Karin Slaughter book I’ve read so far. After really enjoying Pretty Girls I picked this up and was surprised when I liked it even more. I think this book has just the right amount of twists and turns, I loved all the main characters (even rusty was enjoyable), the sister’s relationship was complex and interesting and they had a great dynamic. I really have nothing to complain about here except that maybe I would’ve liked a little more time with Kelly. We heard a lot about Kelly through the lenses of other people but didn’t often hear her experiences articulated straight from her. I am now rereading this book and I am caught surprised by all the tiny seeds being planted from the very first chapter that I think would almost be impossible to catch before a second read, I can really appreciate the author’s writing style in that way. Some very effective writing techniques where used to make you feel a certain way about characters  before they were even introduced.

Spoiler

Such as choosing not to bring Rusty into the story until much later because he was often described as an absent father who put work first, and in that way he was even absent to the reader for quite awhile. Or that Sam was treated as if she was dead up until her intro to the story a few chapters in, because to Charlie she might as well have been dead.

I will warn that this story can be graphic at times (though it doesn’t hold a candle to Pretty Girls) but I do think the violence served a purpose in explaining why characters acted the way they did in their adult lives and even gave some insight on relationships between the sisters and parents. 

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Like Rusty asking Charlie to lie about being assaulted or how Sam told Charlie she was able to see when she couldn’t to comfort Charlie.

I also really enjoyed the banter between Charlie and Sam, sometimes even Rusty. I think this was a super solid read and has made me excited to work my way through more Karin Slaughter books! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Child death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Abortion, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Grief, Infertility, Suicide attempt, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Blood

Minor: Bullying, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Abortion, Cursing, Gaslighting, Fire/Fire injury, Suicide, Injury/injury detail, Blood, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Ableism, Grief, Mental illness, and Suicide attempt

nicole_cob_reads'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Torture, Abortion, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Vomit, Pedophilia, and Sexual assault

autumnwhite's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Misogyny, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Abortion, Addiction, Vomit, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Miscarriage, Injury/injury detail, Infertility, Hate crime, Grief, Gun violence, Gore, Excrement, Death of parent, Death, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Stalking

abbs15norm's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Miscarriage, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Vomit

Moderate: Infidelity, Transphobia, Bullying, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Minor: Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Transphobia, Pedophilia, and Cancer

nono2l's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

this was an amazing book. i think this is the first book that i have read this year because i've been so busy but honestly, what a great way to get back into reading. i thoroughly enjoyed this and i will be coming back to read more of your works. i will definitely check for some trigger warnings because this was dark but very thrilling. good job

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Death, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Murder, Gun violence, and Infidelity

Moderate: Blood, Cancer, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Gore, Death of parent, Miscarriage, Kidnapping, Infidelity, Gun violence, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Sexual assault, Rape, Pedophilia, and Panic attacks/disorders

marleens's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.5

The writing style was not for me. It’s too long, overly detailed and a lot of unneeded repetition, and I didn’t really like the POV that we saw the most from. I did like most of the relationships between the characters and how those evolved, and the main mystery was moderately intriguing (although it turns out I did guess it all correctly).
Most importantly this book has content warnings galore, there’s everything from suicide mentions to graphic descriptions of miscarriage. There is a lot of _extremely_ graphic violence in this book. The biggest trigger warning (and this might be considered a spoiler but I don’t care, it’s too important) is for a (in my opinion needlessly detailed) graphically described rape of a child. I am not squeamish about reading graphic violence but this was one of the most sickening scenes I have ever read and one I definitely regret reading.
Please, if you’re considering reading this book, check the trigger warnings and make sure you really know what you’re getting into here. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Miscarriage, Blood, Murder, Vomit, Death of parent, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Bullying, Suicide, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Abortion, Cancer, and Gaslighting