Reviews tagging 'Alcoholism'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

82 reviews

kmnva's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

I hated everything about this and how scary it was. It definitely felt like the author was going for pure shock factor most of the time. So this was scary and disturbing and worst of all utterly predictable. The setup was slightly confusing enough to where there is an air of mystery until you understand how the characters are associated. Then I - who am usually awful at predicting - could tell where the entire story went. But I thought there is so much of the book left, there’s no way I’m going to be right about this. But no I was they just took a long and loquacious road to get there.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

mkusz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

nishtrbg's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

r3ginavera's review

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

Absolutely blew me away, I haven’t been this engrossed by a thriller in a good while. A lot of times it feels like thrillers can’t stick the landing, like they’re good but only up to a certain point and then they fizzle out. Pretty girls sticks the landing several times over, you can tell she had a vision and a plan mapped out from the beginning of the story and it wraps up brilliantly (and heartbreakingly). This put me through such a wide range of emotions, I could not flip the pages fast enough. And this was Slaughter’s first ever psychological thriller?! What a triumph.

It can definitely be hard read, I would check out the CW/TW before you crack this one open because some of the images are very graphic and disturbing.
Will not be everyone’s cup of tea, or what some people could stomach, and that’s okay.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Alcohol

tinkithesquirelll's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book knocked the air out of me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

cassie_happened's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Trafficking, Death of parent, and Murder

izkristajean's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Rape, Blood, and Murder

bmitch21's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

janachigo's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Body shaming and Dementia

lacemac's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-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

Absolutely incredible from start to finish. 

I sobbed, I gasped, I cringed and I squirmed. 

The most gripping book I have ever read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail