Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

48 reviews

ladyinverse's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious fast-paced

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

5.0

Karin Slaughter hits it out of the park yet again. the grief in this book is so visceral it hurts and is relatable. I found myself having to pause to cry and gather myself and then go back in.

I did this on audiobook but I'm pretty certain if I see it at my book store I'm buying it so I can read it again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Death of parent, Medical content, and Ableism

Minor: Racial slurs and Transphobia

mbrown98's review against another edition

inspiring mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Sexual assault, Bullying, Abortion, Miscarriage, and Murder

nicole_cob_reads'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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Blood, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence

izkristajean's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Child death, Death of parent, Abortion, Miscarriage, Rape, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Murder, Gun violence, and Death

egalligan's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

3.0

Well written with characters I liked. But man oh man was it a hard book to get through. What these characters went through is just awful and really challenging to read about, especially since the writing was so good. Almost too good, I felt I lived through the traumatic events. Some of the worst scenes are revisited/relived multiple times, I almost couldn't take it anymore. Really compelling characters though, which kept me going. Will be looking at more books by this author but not sure I can recommend this particular one given the traumatic plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Infertility, Death, Child death, Pedophilia, Mass/school shootings, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Police brutality, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Terminal illness, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Panic attacks/disorders, Hate crime, Infidelity, and Bullying

Minor: Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Ableism

starklinqs's review against another edition

3.5

I feel like this story started out strong and then fizzled out. The story eventually all comes together, but I felt like it took so long to deal with the Kelly Wilson plot, and the characters dealing with their backstory sometimes felt disjointed. It’s well written and I wanted to know more as I read, but there’s something about it that stopped me from really loving it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage and Vomit

Minor: Abortion and Infidelity

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

4.0

Karin Slaughter is a sacred name in my household. Always excellent, gripping, horrific, human storytelling. This had me laughing, crying, and trying not to vomit from the gorier details all in one day.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Mass/school shootings, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Child death, Chronic illness, Infertility, Abortion, Sexual violence, Gore, Rape, and Grief

Moderate: Terminal illness, Pregnancy, and Suicide

Minor: Transphobia

nicole0617's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Grief, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Death, Kidnapping, Child death, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Rape, Murder, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Bullying, Terminal illness, Adult/minor relationship, and Panic attacks/disorders

button_eyes's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Child death, Suicide, Miscarriage, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Mental illness, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, and Murder

eleanorjo's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Child death, Body horror, Pregnancy, Suicide, Abortion, Miscarriage, Blood, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, and Violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Torture, Vomit, and Ableism