Reviews tagging 'Murder'

False Witness by Karin Slaughter

185 reviews

ekstanding's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This is my first Slaughter book and I’m an immediate fan. I would recommend looking at trigger warnings before starting this book though since it deals with sexual assault and child abuse as main themes. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Murder

coconutghost's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder

mermaid_reads's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Loved the world, the legal parts, the main characters (except the psychopaths). Surprised at how well written it was even though I knew all tge plot twists. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder

thebookofalice's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Gore, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

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

lisalovescats's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, and Murder

alexiaalaurenn's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

1.5

i did not like this book very much 🫣 a booktok type dude i follow for horror recs posted it so I checked it out, sometimes he recommends bangers other times not so much!

ok first of all this story is so crazy u really have to suspend reality like the story gets boring and then something crazy drops and ur like… how is this real….

i didn’t feel like any of the characters were real people they were all so cartoonish !!!

omg when sidney was revealed to be in on it i was like ok scream 🙄

the biggest thing that pissed me off is WHY leigh cared so much about the fucking tapes bro like ok so if they come out it just showed that buddy is a pedophile???? and that u killed him in self defense?

so much of this could have been avoided bro i guess yeah in high stress situations your judgement is clouded but every single decision these characters made was so stupid 😭 

also SO gory i’m not a huge body horror person and callie was talking about her abscess so much i was getting nauseous. 

and the covid aspect… i’m not in a place in my life where i want to read about covid. i know what it was like, girl! i was there! 

the messages regarding CSA and addiction bring the score up, and the writing overall was good plot was just ASS. in my opinion 🤭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder

andipants124's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

This is a hard one to review. Overall, I thought it was a solid thriller. What I liked: really suspenseful and dark. The author does a great job of describing the characters and situations. I could feel my skin crawl every time the villain said or did anything. What I didn’t like: it’s a bit long for what it was. Check the content warnings - I had a really hard time with the graphic, repetitive descriptions of child SA. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and Pandemic/Epidemic

jewelsbookopinions's review

challenging dark emotional sad 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

Welp- Grant County here I come. This book drained me, holy shit. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Vomit

kelseymcg20's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

This was such a brutal, well-written listen.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Pandemic/Epidemic