Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

123 reviews

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

mitchell_1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Deadnaming, Excrement, and Religious bigotry

jcampos33's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

5.0

This book was incredible

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, and Mass/school shootings

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

abeth380's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, and Abortion

kimberlyflwrs's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

˚✧⁀➷ 4 stars

this is one of the hardest reads i’ve had in a long time. karin slaughter does not hold back any gory details in this tragic story about two sisters. one ran and one got left behind.

sam and charlie are both such complex characters, learning about their trauma page after page was so gut wrenching. the entire story had me hooked, although i will admit that i was far more invested in charlie and sam’s backstory and dynamic than i was about the mystery subplot involving kelly and the school shooting. the reveal for that one was quite underwhelming and i still felt really bad for kelly. however the other  reveal caught me completely off guard.

to find out who huck really was and the role he played in their tragedy came as an absolute shock to me.

i don’t normally read a lot of mystery/thrillers, but I really enjoyed this book! i want to read more of slaughter’s work, but definitely not anytime soon.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

juniorgoldengirl's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, 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