Reviews tagging 'Miscarriage'

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

140 reviews

atrinh's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

Very intense and graphic, trigger warnings include miscarriage, violent sexual assault, murder, gun violence, school shooting. The pacing felt off/lost momentum in some parts where certain sections were retold from different POVs but otherwise was a gripping read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

hannapm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Miscarriage, Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

duckdog's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, and Murder

christina85's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective 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? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

hauntedhexgirll's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I really liked both sisters in this story, they felt real and the story definitely kept me interested. I wanted to know what happened, one twist I didn’t see coming until right as it was about to happen and the other I called quite awhile before the reveal but I don’t necessarily see that as a negative. 

My biggest compliant is that I kept having to read things over and over, like I enjoyed reading from both sister’s experiences of what happened but too much was repeated. I didn’t want to read the whole scene twice - it could’ve been shortened. And some of the details about like Samantha’s house and cat and swimming routine could’ve been left out as it was repeated too and made me want to skim it instead of read it. 

I really liked Ben’s character and even Rusty was entertaining and the complicated but loving relationship between the family seemed real. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, and Death of parent

shellbell31's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Infertility, Miscarriage, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Suicide, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, and Pregnancy

ladyarizel's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, and Death of parent

c_m_m's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Rape, and Murder

kat_rowlen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

4.0

Definitely check trigger warnings! This book was good with an unpredictable twist. It drug in some spots and the chapters were too long for my preference, but I still flew through this book. I was hesitant to pick it up since Pretty Girls by the same author was such a let down, but this book did not disappoint. Again, check trigger warnings before reading 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury

blreads15's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

3.75

Overall a good story to entertain the read, but…..

Slow, slow start…. I started and had to put it down for three months. Then read for a week and down again for two months. I’m not sure why I didn’t DNF this book but in the end I did enjoy it once it picked up. In two weeks time I went from having read 8% of the book to almost 85% of the book read. 

The chapters were looonnnng… so long that at times it seemed like there would never be a break.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Infidelity, Miscarriage, and Alcohol

Minor: Infertility, Transphobia, Vomit, Abortion, and Pregnancy