Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

111 reviews

lgstanfield's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment

sannesbooks's review against another edition

dark tense medium-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

4.5

This was very good. It start slow with character devlopment in a more literary fiction way. After about 100 pages the thriller part starts and you are hooked. This is a true page-turner. 

This story is absolutely horriffic, gruesome, and dark. Definitely not for the faint of heart! I was triggered multiple times and I am not easily triggered in the wsy this book triggered me. So, this is definitely a book you should consider carefully, and you need to be in the right mindset to read this.

The fact that you don't know who to trust gives the story another scary element. 
I loved reading about the sister dynamic. 

The story is told from the POVs of two sisters, and the diary from their dad. The diary was not super interesting to me.
The ending wasn't my favorite. It felt a bit sloppily finished. But for the rest this was an amazing thriller and I would recommend it to anyone who can handle dark thrillers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Suicide, Stalking, Car accident, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, and Infidelity

tarabarschina's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

3.0

gripping and well-written but jesus was it depressing. the torture porn was why I DNFed this the first time but for some reason I decided to try again and just power through?  I kind of wish now I hadn't! I consume a lot of horror but the volume and depravity of sexual violence here was toooo much

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

el1books'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

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Car accident

minnettie's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mykieangelno's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

incredible. full of twists that will shock and disgust you. heartbreaking family drama and love

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Police brutality, Trafficking, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

pipermrc's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

I don’t know that I would have read this had I known the extent of the graphic violence against women. Really good thriller. Fantastic, actually. But I can’t give it a fair rating because it was very triggering. Be aware going into this one.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Gaslighting

ksuppes'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? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

boredarchivist's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

5.0

Karin Slaughter has such a talent for grabbing the reader's attention. To say that this books packs a punch is an understatement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Misogyny

rene_reads02's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad 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

I feel like this is the best thriller I’ve read in a while. Like a thriller that actually had twists and turns. This would make a great movie! A times the main character made me mad, but it was forgivable. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail