Reviews tagging 'Sexual content'

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

13 reviews

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

shibaunited's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Infertility, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Suicide, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Violence, Vomit, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Mass/school shootings, Miscarriage, Death, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Self harm, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Suicidal thoughts

danid23's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, and Death of parent

joey1914's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Death of parent, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Miscarriage, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Abortion, Car accident, Child death, Cursing, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia, and Pregnancy

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

chloseencounter's review

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.

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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

autumnwhite's review

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

mamawantsbooks's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Death, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Gun violence, Grief, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Child abuse, Death of parent, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying

kentucky_girl91's review

dark 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Murder, Sexual content, and Mass/school shootings

lycheejelly's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abandonment, Abortion, Blood, Cancer, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, and Pedophilia

Minor: Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Deadnaming, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Transphobia, and War