Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter

49 reviews

missdaniellexo's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Pregnancy

erinnnn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

A twisting and satisfying thriller. Andy might just be my favorite Slaughter character yet— painfully real and disarmingly funny. I already know the Netflix adaptation will let me down, but I’m gonna give it a shot anyways.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Torture, Abortion, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Alcoholism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

cstoeger's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

5.0

Wow!  This book was a wild ride from start to finish.  I won't get into too many details, but the story kept me glued to the edge of my seat the entire time.  I accidentally read spoilers from another review, but I was so engrossed in how the pieces of the spoilers would fit together with the rest of the story.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Pregnancy

Minor: Miscarriage, Physical abuse, and Abortion

I love books that involve Witness Protection! With some reflection, I think I enjoy reading about people on the lam and thinking about how I would act in those situations as well.

lorepanda'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Incest, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child death, Chronic illness, Drug use, Homophobia, Blood, Vomit, Dementia, Suicide attempt, and Classism

pernillelsk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Medical content, and Stalking

abbysue3's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

izkristajean's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Admittedly I didn’t understand what was going on for a good part of the book, likely because I was listening to it and I tend to stop paying attention. Eventually it clicked for me and I was thrilled by the 2 storylines unraveling more information. But then somewhere near the end it lost me. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but there was missing something. I think I felt a bit disconnected from the characters. Andy was annoying, though her actions are realistic of an average girl going through this crazy plot. Laura was the only interesting character but I don’t think we explored her life between the past and present enough. 

Overall I really enjoyed this, I need to read more of these types of thrillers and than the unrealistic ones I’ve been reading lately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

amberjackonski's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Sexual violence

whats_miranda_reading'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

First Karin Slaughter read! I was also delighted to discover this was mad into a show on Netflix. I’ll def be reading more of her books. Im interested to see where the second book in this series goes. 

This book is pretty violent and descriptive of gory scenes, so if you’re sensitive to topics I don’t suggest reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

Minor: Homophobia, Incest, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Transphobia, Dementia, Grief, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Outing