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Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

688 reviews

melanie_page's review

I had to add like 20 content warnings that I wish I learned about BEFORE reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Confinement, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

biancah3120's review

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

kelynnofc's review

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pedophilia

megankrom's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Fatphobia

melissacoventry's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mmmadelineee's review

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

kennplume's review

dark 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? It's complicated

2.5

Pretty Girls is the first Karin Slaughter book I have ever read and it might be the last. Not because it’s a trashy thriller book with graphic violence, but because it’s a poorly written, trashy thriller book with graphic violence. 
I’ll start by saying this book is not for anyone who is sensitive to violence, sexual violence and torture, or rape. There are a LOT of scenes where the author drags out descriptions of these acts on women. The first time we experience this plot point is shocking and effective for the story. Where the author runs into issues is she explains this same thing over and over and over again throughout the book. It gets tiresome and over done, and the shock value is no longer in effect. 

Secondly I found that the character development lacked significantly and the dialogue between the two main characters SO TEDIOUS. I feel like the author was trying to convey a sibling dynamic but it was so beyond annoying to read them go back and forth at each other over the same conversation for pages and pages and pages. 
This book is a trashy thriller, so don’t expect anything mind blowing. I just wish it was a better trashy thriller.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

marciav's review

adventurous challenging 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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, and Murder

rps17'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

annettegalbraith's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Dementia