Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

Pretty Girls, by Karin Slaughter

43 reviews

support_lesbian's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I know I gave this book a high score but is this book good? I dunno

I will say that the content described in this guess is very upsetting but I guess its as graphic as it needed to be based on the subject matter for the book but I really can't say for sure right now. I am quite satisfied with the conclusion this book went in as a mystery thriller novel because it like, actually commits to what makes sense and didn't back out of the story it was telling, upsetting narrative aside.

Beginning and ending chapters could have been stronger and there was definitely moments where the writing of the book made me raise my eyebrow in a skeptical way because of how unnecessary it was to me and like with all of these books it uses the scapegoat mental illness diagnosis to explain away character motivations when really they're just horrible scumbags that always leaves a bad taste.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Blood, Body shaming, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Violence

kearac's review against another edition

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Death, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gore, Hate crime, Infidelity, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Vomit, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Drug use, Gaslighting, and Grief

heathermarie08's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

Loved this book! It was a little slow in the beginning but it quickly picked up and held my interest the entire time. If you like intense crime stories, this is definitely for you!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Torture, Rape, Physical abuse, Body horror, Body shaming, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Confinement, Injury/injury detail, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Suicide, Abandonment, and Addiction

Minor: Vomit and Car accident

no_this_is_patrick's review against another edition

challenging 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

4.5

This book was realllyyy good but HOLY SHIT THAT WAS SCARY . A number of the scenes are extremely graphic and detailed , and it can be a little too much sometimes. I would definitely recommend going through the content warnings before reading it. 

Nevertheless, it was the best thriller/revenge story I’ve read in a while.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Murder, Rape, and Body horror

Moderate: Addiction, Stalking, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Car accident and Drug use

katielaris's review against another edition

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

4.0

Beautifully written, but a bit too dark and twisted for my taste. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Murder, Car accident, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Body horror, Torture, and Death of parent

thatswhatshanread's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

A vastly gripping psychological thriller that packs punch after disturbing punch of twisted lies and chilling in-depth details about a young woman’s disappearance.

Claire and Lydia, estranged sisters brought back together by another tragedy, embark on a journey almost twenty-five years old as new clues come to light about their older sister, Julia, who went missing when she was nineteen and was never found. Nothing is as it seems as present begins to connect rather ominously with the past.

This was my first Karin Slaughter book and man, did it deliver. It’s definitely a very dark book that seems to get darker with each shocking turn, not shying away from grisly facts or chilling thoughts. The writing was intense, fast-paced, evocative. Slaughter’s words made the story so vivid and realistic, my heart pounding the whole way through as if I were one of Julia’s sisters, too. 

If you’re a fan of Gillian Flynn, you’ll also devour this one. I found their writing styles quite similar and engaging.

I loved the way this story played out, the different story arcs that came to fruition. Of course, the subject matter is even more sinister then you’d imagine out the gate, but it was used so well in this one. 

I suspect I will be thinking of this book for a long time!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Violence, Alcoholism, Car accident, Emotional abuse, Rape, Physical abuse, Injury/injury detail, Grief, Addiction, Gore, Cursing, Drug use, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide, Trafficking, Kidnapping, and Mental illness

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Infidelity, Abandonment, Alcohol, Body shaming, Excrement, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Bullying, and Gun violence

Minor: Body horror

jfink12's review against another edition

emotional mysterious 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I loved this book, BUT this book is only for certain people. The story is very intense and the graphic scenes are VERY graphic. I’m not easy to get thrown off and I was definitely thrown off by the first graphic scene. Nonetheless I loved it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Kidnapping, Car accident, Death, Violence, Torture, Suicide, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Rape, and Gore

mondovertigo's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Addiction, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Rape, Confinement, Toxic relationship, Torture, Death of parent, Sexual violence, Murder, Stalking, Violence, Grief, Blood, Drug abuse, Trafficking, and Gore

Moderate: Car accident, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Animal cruelty

emilyyjjean's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

4.75

This is a very graphic book; it goes into a lot of explicit detail of the content warning tags. This book will definitely make you uncomfortable at times. With that said, I still think this was a pretty good story. I was infuriated with Claire most of the time, but sometimes main characters aren't super likeable. I almost thought about DNFing this book when it got to some of the graphic parts, but I stuck through them; sometimes I hate that while reading I play books in my mind like a movie. I did like the multiple narrators set up. I like that it gave us readers different perspectives of the plot. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Torture, Death, Rape, Stalking, Injury/injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Grief, Death of parent, and Drug use

Minor: Car accident

creatureswife's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Torture, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Violence, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Rape, Car accident, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Suicide, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse