autumnwhite's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
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? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Ableism, Chronic illness, Grief, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual content, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, Abortion, Alcohol, Body horror, Car accident, Violence, Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, and Self harm
bookedinsideout's review against another edition
1.0
I was so excited to find a new mystery series I liked with a female crime novelist. But then I started to get annoyed at the number of times that Faith (half of the duo we're supposed to get behind) kept referring to Will as a p-word and getting frustrated that he wasn't "masculine enough." The only purpose for that addition to the story seemed to be that Will uncharacteristically went too far and beat up a witness, telling Faith she can't have it both ways. Not feeling too sympathetic towards Faith at this point.
But then at the end of the novel, Will, our protagonist, the one we're supposed to love, rapes his wife in the middle of an argument (she repeatedly tells him to stop.) And further, there is there is seemingly no remorse or discussion that it was in fact a rape - because his wife is known as promiscuous and wild and abusive, and because she appears to have enjoyed it in the end. That doesn't matter if he continued when she told him to stop. I'm very disappointed in what ended up happening with these characters and in Karin Slaughter. I guess I'll have to go find a new crime author.
But then at the end of the novel, Will, our protagonist, the one we're supposed to love, rapes his wife in the middle of an argument (she repeatedly tells him to stop.) And further, there is there is seemingly no remorse or discussion that it was in fact a rape - because his wife is known as promiscuous and wild and abusive, and because she appears to have enjoyed it in the end. That doesn't matter if he continued when she told him to stop. I'm very disappointed in what ended up happening with these characters and in Karin Slaughter. I guess I'll have to go find a new crime author.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual harassment and Sexual violence
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