Reviews tagging 'Infertility'

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

70 reviews

duckdog's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, and Murder

shellbell31's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Suicide, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, and Pregnancy

yinzer_barbie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy

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

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Definitely check trigger warnings! This book was good with an unpredictable twist. It drug in some spots and the chapters were too long for my preference, but I still flew through this book. I was hesitant to pick it up since Pretty Girls by the same author was such a let down, but this book did not disappoint. Again, check trigger warnings before reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

blreads15's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-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

3.75

Overall a good story to entertain the read, but…..

Slow, slow start…. I started and had to put it down for three months. Then read for a week and down again for two months. I’m not sure why I didn’t DNF this book but in the end I did enjoy it once it picked up. In two weeks time I went from having read 8% of the book to almost 85% of the book read. 

The chapters were looonnnng… so long that at times it seemed like there would never be a break.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility, Transphobia, Vomit, Abortion, and Pregnancy

alliluh's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-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

5.0

so many tws here; but the characterization was incredible. such an amazing read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Infertility, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Suicide, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, and Death of parent

amberrgreen's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

harpyd's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

4.5

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Not my typical genre, I often shy away from crime/mystery novels as I don’t always enjoy the writing enough, but this definitely surprised me! I listened to the audiobook rather than reading a physical copy, and I think that it was read in a very captivating way as well. I was struggling a little to follow what was happening in the beginning, with a flashback scene opening the book, and then jumping 28 years later, but I was quite quickly immersed in the story. Many layers of complexity throughout. The development of the characters throughout the story was fantastic, and the slowly unfurling mystery definitely surprised me at times. I was sucker punched by the adjacent plot about three quarters of the way through, absolutely gut wrenching and took me by surprise! There’s lots to unpack here, and I might come back and write something a bit more cohesive about my thoughts. Overall very very enjoyable, even for non-mystery/ crime readers like me. Please check CW and TW, there’s quite a bit here that many may find upsetting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Blood, and Death of parent

bobinsbooknook's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

This book felt so difficult to rate as there is just so much to process whilst reading. A much heavier book than I had initially thought and very much an ‘everything-but-the-kitchen-sink’ type story so definitively check the content warnings if you’re looking to read. 

Karin has done a fantastic job at setting the darkness and raw emotions throughout the story with some fantastic characters. The relationship dynamic between the sisters Charlie & Sam and how we can see them develop as people from their respective trauma. 

There was a lot to unpack throughout the story which did make it tricky at times to follow as an audio book. I think where the book falls slightly short, is that by trying to balance so many heavy themes

E.g. School Shootings, Rape, Murder, miscarriages and Suicide

that it becomes over saturated and leaves a sense of numbness to some of the shock value these moments perhaps were meant to deliver. Ben

Whilst I did enjoy this book in various ways, I am not sure I’d read this again just for how heavy the book was but will be looking to listen to the shorter prequel as I did enjoy the writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Transphobia and Abortion