Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

8 reviews

tayreads10's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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 was a book with so many triggers, but so good overall! It was honestly hard to stomach when reading about the abuse of Callie that went on for years and how much she suffered daily. Leigh was a wonderful sister that carried the guilt of being a mom figure to her sister and watching her live through tremendous pain and addiction. The ending was traumatic, but also well rounded at the same time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

agpark's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-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? Yes

5.0

This book legitimately made me sob. But in the way only Karen’s books can. I think the focus on sisterhood really emotionally drew me in. Her books are visceral and dark but SO GOOD. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism and Alcohol

Minor: Abortion

khoffarth's review

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Classism

shaqydoo's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Abortion

kimveach's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• 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? Yes

4.25

Great hard-hitting thriller.  I stayed up too late to finish this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Abortion

This book is about violent crimes. If you are easily triggered, you probably shouldn't read this.

kzkoni's review against another edition

Dnf at 45%. So many covid references. I read to relax, reading about covid is honestly the last thing i need.
Also felt like the story was just going so so slow and just dragging on.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

sydapel's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• 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

3.75

I'm incredibly conflicted. I really admire Slaughter's ability to create high intensity thrillers that examine topics like childhood trauma and sexual assault, all within the lens of a strong sister relationship. It's done very well here, but I cannot come to a conclusion about whether I enjoyed it. It's possible I've become too soft fo stories like this,.but the climatic scene was extremely upsetting and at times I struggled to understand with the characters' intentions. However, it was gripping and Slaughter manages to create two really compelling main characters. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Bullying, and Cursing

Minor: Abortion

lippland's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious fast-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

3.0

This was my first Karin Slaughter novel. It started out a bit meh — felt a bit forced and several of the descriptions and adjectives seemed repetitive. After getting through the first part the plot began to come together and didn’t seem as forced. The timeliness of the book — set during Covid — was also interesting. 

Fast paced, good character and plot development. Challenging themes.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Abortion, and Murder