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Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter

15 reviews

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

knightscrown's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Absolutely fantastic — loved the audiobook, the narration was fantastic. It pulled me in right from the beginning, the elaborate backstory was fascinating and it was fun to try and fit in the pieces with each side comment or hint. The switches between the two timelines was easy to follow, and the characters were dynamic. Highly recommend 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

ahou13's review against another edition

emotional mysterious tense

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, and Gaslighting

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

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

mrsmishler's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Cancer, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

natalya_c14'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

cady_sass's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

Another expertly written thriller from Karin Slaughter, who I think may be one of my favorite authors at this point. If you’re looking for something like “Pretty Girls” this isn’t that- so I understand why people give this a lower rating but I don’t think it’s fair. This isn’t supposed to be something that keeps you guessing or something that has a lot of very surprising twists, not that there aren’t twists or surprises, but the backstory/explanation slowly unfolds through a series of thrilling events and when you get to the climax of the story you had already seen it coming and you can’t look away. 
I’m a sucker for a good true crime/cult vibe and this is the perfect mixture. The story is told between two perspectives, present day Andrea and her mother Laura in the wake of a horrific public shooting they found themselves in the middle of, and the story of Jane and a group of friends in the early 80s unwittingly recruited into a extremist activist group that spirals out of control in the wake of one of their members acting impulsively off-plan. The two stories slowly weave their way closer to each other and converge, with many twists and turns along the way. 
As with every Karin Slaughter novel, the list of trigger warnings is EXTENSIVE so be mindful before picking it up. 

Edited to add: I had no idea that the author was choosing to continue Andrea’s story in her upcoming novel, which I had already unknowingly ordered in my BOTM! Can’t wait to see how this story continues

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia, Incest, Sexual assault, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

velsbooknook's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense

5.0

This one was good! I watched the Netflix series some weeks ago and enjoyed it. The book of course was better. It is definitely worth to read the book and watch the series since there are quite some differences.
 I read the book in German because I'm taking part in a German readalong for the second book Girl, Forgotten of the series and I'm so excited!
 I liked the two different timelines and enjoyed following Jane in the past and Andy in the present. The relationship between Nick and Jane made me feel very uncomfortable at times but I couldn't put the book down! With almost 600 pages I flew through it!
I found Andy very annoying in the series but didn't mind book-Andy. She was just trying to understand what's going on and let me tell you - it was a lot! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

kaitlynraew's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings