Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

21 reviews

christina85's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

justagir1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Infertility, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Vomit, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Classism

libraryjen's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

 This one took me a little longer to get into than the author's other books, but in the end I couldn't put it down. Lots of twists that I didn't see coming, and one big one that I did. The interweaving of a present mystery with a past mystery was very well done. Lots of trigger warnings and lots of violence and language, but if you're a Karin Slaughter fan, you know that's what's coming. If you're not already a fan, start with the Will Trent series (it's Slaughter's best work), or with Pieces of Her, neither of which are very like the TV shows they inspired. (The books are infinitely better!) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Miscarriage, Suicide, Kidnapping, Abortion, and Death of parent

rsagarin's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child death, Gun violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

emo_erudite's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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? It's complicated

4.75

There are potential trigger warnings/ spoilers-

there are scenes/descriptions involving rape of a minor, a school shooting, a teacher having an affair with a student, and a violent murder.

Like other Slaughter books I’ve read, this one hits the ground running. It’s definitely not for those with a weak stomach. If you’ve read False Witness and enjoyed it, I highly recommend reading this one too! 

In a fictional city in Northeast Georgia, Slaughter brings a prodigal daughter home to her estranged father and sister after a tragedy rocks the town. This happens 28 years after the family survived a tragedy of their own, which lead to the murder of mother and matriarch, Gamma. 

Young and intellectually challenged Kelly is charged with the crime, and Rusty Quinn steps up and takes her case, until he lands in the hospital. This leaves his lawyer daughters, Sam and Charlie, with the help of Charlie’s estranged husband Ben, to put together what really happened with Kelly that day. 

As the family tries to put together what happened, they are badgered by and townspeople, all of whom are certain that Kelly is guilty of this sorrowful crime. This drudges up memories of past events, and they have to figure out how to avoid danger and work together to heal old wounds in order to figure out what really happened. 

There are gruesome descriptions of what happened to people during crimes committed in this book. It’s not for the faint of heart. 

Living with seeing these things takes a toll on a person. It marks your soul.  Sometimes, you get stuck and hyper focus on the worst things that ever happened to you. The story of Charlie and Sam shows how living with these things and keeping terrible things a secret can affect our mental and physical wellbeing- it’s not healthy! If you’ve experienced trauma, please get help. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Transphobia

tallhousecookies's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Deadnaming, Transphobia, and Abortion

nicole_cob_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

wyabook234's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, and Police brutality

joey1914's review against another edition

adventurous 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

abbeycadabra's review against another edition

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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Classism