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siobhanward's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Anyway, this book was typical for Slaughter, but definitely weaker than what I've read from her before. Her penchant for torturing women was a lot less pronounced in this book, so I will give her credit for that, but that was the only redeeming quality. I didn't care much for the characters, there were plot lines that went nowhere and were irrelevant to most of the story and moving through time made the plot hard to follow. I get using time/scene jumps for drama, but in this case, it just made it hard to follow.
I think now that I've gotten a bit more into the crime/thriller genre, especially in terms of series, I'm learning some authors are just not worth reading everything from, and Slaughter might be one of those.
Graphic: Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Violence, Death, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Confinement, Medical content, and Gun violence
Minor: Cancer, Abortion, Sexual content, Pregnancy, and Car accident
amieleigh8919's review against another edition
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Drug use, Death, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Racism
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Murder
jackbifrost's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Addiction, Medical content, Murder, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Racism, Torture, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Rape, Grief, Suicide, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content
Minor: Infidelity, Homophobia, Fatphobia, Excrement, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Infertility, and Vomit
abbs15norm's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Death, Child death, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Racism, Torture, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Medical trauma
wordsofclover's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
2.0
What the actual f***
Skin Privilege is the last Grant County book and this time we follow police chief Jeffrey Tolliver and his wife Sara Linton as they travel to a neighboring town to help out police detective Lena who has been found at the scene of a crime. A woman has been brutally murdered, and the town itself is overrun with meth dealers. But with Lena on the run, and Jeffrey and Sara in the dark, can they figure out how to save her and themselves before it's too late?
For the last book in this series, the main investigation in this book was a little bit off in comparison to the other books. The kill and the reasons behind the brutality didn't feel as tight or as polished as some of the other crime investigations in the previous book, and I definitely feel like the author just wanted us to once again come back around to Lena and her life, and this seemed to be the best way to do it.
It probably didn't help enjoyment levels that Lena is the worst character in this book, and my least favourite in the book. Every time you think she's improving, she backtracks about 10 steps and this time she brought Jeffrey and Sara with her. She's right in this book when she says everything she touches turns to crap because god, it really does. She genuinely is the worst thing to happen to Jeffrey and Sara, even if it's unintentional.
And the ending. Omg that ending. I knew it was coming - there was so much foreshadowing throughout the book and a sense of dread, I knew it had to come. But in the last two pages. Right when they got the best news and they were at such a wonderful, pivotal point in their lives and they were so goddamn happy. I just don't see the point, I really don't. Yes, the series is dark and goes to places where you do wonder if an author should really go there but that doesn't mean the characters aren't allowed a scrap of happiness. It's honestly one of the worst, emotionally manipulative endings in a book I've read in a long time.
Graphic: Violence, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Racism