Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

869 reviews

soren636's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

jennumbertwo13's review against another edition

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? Yes

4.0

Tough subject matter but great read - could not put it down.  Take breaks if you need to. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence

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 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

4.5

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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

bookworm_by_blood's review against another edition

challenging 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? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Car accident, and Murder

kennplume's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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 against another edition

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

elsuth's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

karaloyd's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.75

Really well written book but dark. Read the trigger warnings! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment