Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

21 reviews

insanebookperson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

sydneyaryn__'s review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Infidelity, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Chronic illness and Alcohol

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I felt like some parts were redundant and some were confusing. But I loved the relationship between Lenore and rusty and rusty and the daughters and ben and Charlie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Abortion

kariereads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

karin slaughter continues to be very hit or miss for me, but there’s just something about her writing that keeps me coming back to her books… unfortunately this one ended up just being okay for me, it felt like it dragged a lot & was longer than it needed to be.

I feel like the flashbacks were repetitive & could’ve been done in a different way. I also wasn’t completely blown away by the twist at the end :/ I think my favorite part about this book would definitely have to be the Quinn family dynamic & Rusty! also Ben was such a great character & all I could think was he deserved better lol. i also really enjoyed Sam as a character & appreciated the representation of someone who has disabilities.

also, make sure to read your trigger warnings… I went in blind & didn’t realize some of the story revolves around a school shooting & that is always very hard & triggering for me to read. 

on to the next one!</spoilers>

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Racial slurs and Suicide attempt

chloseencounter's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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

This novel was my favorite Karin Slaughter book I’ve read so far. After really enjoying Pretty Girls I picked this up and was surprised when I liked it even more. I think this book has just the right amount of twists and turns, I loved all the main characters (even rusty was enjoyable), the sister’s relationship was complex and interesting and they had a great dynamic. I really have nothing to complain about here except that maybe I would’ve liked a little more time with Kelly. We heard a lot about Kelly through the lenses of other people but didn’t often hear her experiences articulated straight from her. I am now rereading this book and I am caught surprised by all the tiny seeds being planted from the very first chapter that I think would almost be impossible to catch before a second read, I can really appreciate the author’s writing style in that way. Some very effective writing techniques where used to make you feel a certain way about characters  before they were even introduced.

Such as choosing not to bring Rusty into the story until much later because he was often described as an absent father who put work first, and in that way he was even absent to the reader for quite awhile. Or that Sam was treated as if she was dead up until her intro to the story a few chapters in, because to Charlie she might as well have been dead.

I will warn that this story can be graphic at times (though it doesn’t hold a candle to Pretty Girls) but I do think the violence served a purpose in explaining why characters acted the way they did in their adult lives and even gave some insight on relationships between the sisters and parents. 

Like Rusty asking Charlie to lie about being assaulted or how Sam told Charlie she was able to see when she couldn’t to comfort Charlie.

I also really enjoyed the banter between Charlie and Sam, sometimes even Rusty. I think this was a super solid read and has made me excited to work my way through more Karin Slaughter books! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gore, Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Grief, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

sandrakatherine'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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Suicide and Suicide attempt

autumnwhite's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious 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: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Stalking, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

taleecia's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Overall it was a good book. Very descriptive throughout. Personally it was a little too dark for me. I think the storyline was interesting and pretty creative. It started to slow down for me in the middle but as I kept reading it quickly picked back up. I liked that it had multiple problems to solve throughout so there was more reason to keep reading and see what would happen. If I wasn’t as curious to see how it would play out I probably would not have finished this book just because I don’t like the descriptive dark scenes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abortion

melody01's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

drchronicallyreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Police brutality and Abortion

Minor: Cursing and Vomit