Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

Blindsighted by Karin Slaughter

6 reviews

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Murder

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I think this was her first published book. It was good, but the other ones I’ve read by her were so much better. Still, it’s good getting to know Will Trent’s doctor friend.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

yunna's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is FILTHY GOOD. THIS IS A CRIME THRILLER DONE RIGHT. Multilayered characters and storyline? Different POVs? and most importantly well-researched detective work and medical knowledge! 
Had a hard time at first as I don't normally read gore stuff like this. But push past that and it's an incredible ride.
I really admire Sara's resilience. She's such a strong FMC. The fact that she's a pediatrician who has a coroner side job just screams badass. I also love the tension in her relationship with Jeff. Battling personal and interpersonal issues while going on and saving people's lives is not an easy task. It's not so hard to relate their lives to ours. And the fact that things like that happen to them, makes you think you're in a much better situation.

Blinsighted tackled the effect of trauma. The differences in the survivor's willingness to live after going through hell, and how it can alter the direction of their life.
Notice also the subtlety of how she portrayed the stages of grieving in the life of Lena.
And the horror of how one perceives something. I cannot fcking get it to my head how someone could interpret the bible that way. Goes to show how differently the mind really works in each of us. Give just a small twisted belief to a psycho and they'll worship living it that way for the rest of their life.
and the fact that they live amongst us, and walk among us is crazy. Makes one paranoid, how well do you know a person? Even when you seem like you know them, you don't. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Excrement, Medical content, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Gaslighting

tayto23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

Minor: Addiction, Cursing, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Miscarriage, Racism, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

emilyyyreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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

4.75

Karin Slaughter's books are so, so dark and so, so easy to devour. Her stories are complex and layered while also being utterly page-turning. Stay up all night reading, in more ways than one. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Murder

krobinson9292's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Murder