Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Triptych by Karin Slaughter

10 reviews

deathdayparty's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious 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

4.75

📚💭Reminds me of Red Dragon or Postmortem. 
🛍️ Loaned from HB.

This is my first Karin Slaughter book. I didn't really know what to expect, but knew that she is insanely popular and Will Trent recently came on ABC. Slaughter does something that many true crime writers try, but few are successful. Throughout the book, she allows countless threads to stray and yet in the final pages she still finds a way to wrap everything up neatly. It's very impressive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Child abuse

Moderate: Blood, Torture, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Abandonment

cammaleahh's review against another edition

adventurous 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Racial slurs, Pedophilia, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual assault, Police brutality, Body horror, Self harm, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Slavery, and Kidnapping

Minor: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Suicide attempt

katiea714's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Rape, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Addiction, Abandonment, Murder, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Torture, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Child abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Self harm, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Sexual content, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

Minor: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Medical content, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Mental illness, Cancer, Dementia, Excrement, Bullying, Classism, Cursing, Death of parent, Torture, and Confinement

possibilityleft's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Child death, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Body horror, Mental illness, Death of parent, Stalking, Emotional abuse, Murder, Sexual harassment, Racism, Trafficking, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Torture, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Blood

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer and Suicidal thoughts

emilyspex's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

This book was amazingly written. That said, I really don't know how to feel about how Slaughter deals with race in this story. Sometimes it seems like she's trying to subvert certain stereotypes, but sometimes it feels like she might believe some of them.

I would give a lot of caveats before recommending this book to someone.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Body horror, Racism, Sexual assault, Gore, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Murder, and Rape

nadia_ndco's review against another edition

medium-paced

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

0.5

This book was written by a person of privilege  in 2006 and it shows… lots of offensive language and stereotypes 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction and Death

Moderate: Alcohol, Adult/minor relationship, Xenophobia, Body horror, Blood, Child death, Classism, and Cursing

Minor: Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, and Infidelity

susysstories's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Again a very gruesome and horrific thriller which had me engrossed from the start till the end. All th3 surprises were sprung upon the reader in the first half of the book. There’s no big twist at the end but the path leading to the resolution had me captivated all book long. Like with Lena I did wonder how Will and Angie can do their jobs properly with everything going on in their lives, both in the past and the present. And again I wonder at how all the characters in Slaughter’s books have such troublesome lives. I also wonder how Slaughter would manage writing a thriller less gruesome but just as engrossing…

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Torture, Addiction, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Suicide attempt

autumnwhite's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Emotional abuse, Terminal illness, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual violence, Self harm, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Torture, Stalking, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Rape, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Vomit, Violence, Infidelity, and Hate crime

anigoose's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

2.75

Look, there's the obvious Genre Stuff and Karin Slaughter Stuff here but I found myself not loving the dyslexia talk too much and makes me a little nervous about the rest of Will Trent. I do not love ableds writing us. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Police brutality, and Rape

Moderate: Vomit

ameli2na's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

My second Karen Slaughter book (Pretty Girls being my first) and I am just amazed by the way she is able to make me want to stop reading forever but also not want to put the book down. One thing I've learned is that nothing Slaughter puts on the page is filler- every detail comes back to hit you in the face. So excited to continue the Will Trent series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt