Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

15 reviews

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

eleanorjo's review

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

mxcopmy's review

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

3.5

3.5 stars & spoilers ahead!

The book did not end up turning out as I expected (in the sense that the issues in the book disappointed me). After the flaunting reviews here on goodreads, my expectations were again very high.

Not that it was a bad book, just that the twist were predictable for me. I felt Karin was pushing the reader in a direction very early on that would arrow towards the twist.

The book was a real page-turner though! Up to 52% of the book, I was sucked into the story despite knowing roughly the twist. Still, deep down I was hoping it was going to contain another dark plot. Here I did grieve a bit at the end of the story....
There are mainly 2 stories running side by side in this book of which a tiny bit connects the 2 stories. Both the plots I was unfortunately expecting...

Despite the predictability, the story did sit extremely well in terms of characters and emotional weight. You know when you read Slaughter's books that they are often not just about mystery, but there is often a part about character development with love or family tragedy. That also often makes me quickly reach back for her books!

Overall, this book falls roughly in the middle for me of all the books I have read by her.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, and Death

nessaraquel's review

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Abortion, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Body horror, Bullying, and Infertility

abbeycadabra's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Gaslighting, Infertility, Miscarriage, Murder, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Rape, Alcoholism, Cancer, Classism, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child death, Death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Pregnancy, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Mass/school shootings, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Suicidal thoughts

saraavowlerr's review

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

charlotte_helen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

I loved this book! The storyline and plot twists are gripping and keep you guessing until the very end. I throughly enjoyed the jumps between past and present timelines and reading from both Charlotte and Samantha’s points of view. It was an emotional book where family bonds and secrets are looked into and strengthened whilst an ongoing criminal act and subsequent police work is carried out. I really enjoyed the character development and the female protagonists in this story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Rape, Death, Blood, Police brutality, Miscarriage, and Suicide

Moderate: Pregnancy, Abortion, Body horror, Adult/minor relationship, and Vomit

nicole_cob_reads's review

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

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

lauraeerika's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

FIRST FIVE STAR READ OF THE YEAR and i think this might be my favorite read from thriller/mystery genre, the fucking writing style, the characters, the relationship between the sisters and the dad omfg i have wayyy to many emotions to write a full review so this is mostly rambling, this my first book by karin slaughter and she didn’t disappoint, her writing make it seem like they are real, real human beings experiencing this tragedy, i honestly might go cry after finishing this review

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Racism, and Suicide

Moderate: Pedophilia and Panic attacks/disorders