Reviews tagging 'Panic attacks/disorders'

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

39 reviews

emmagal's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious slow-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

3.0

Well written with characters I liked. But man oh man was it a hard book to get through. What these characters went through is just awful and really challenging to read about, especially since the writing was so good. Almost too good, I felt I lived through the traumatic events. Some of the worst scenes are revisited/relived multiple times, I almost couldn't take it anymore. Really compelling characters though, which kept me going. Will be looking at more books by this author but not sure I can recommend this particular one given the traumatic plot.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Hate crime, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Ableism, Transphobia, and Fire/Fire injury

shibaunited's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense 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? Yes

2.0

This is the most gruesome traumatic story I've ever read.
There was no need to retell the trauma 3x with increasing detail. My mental health did not need this. How this book has an over 4 star rating is shocking and disappointing. I'm giving this 2 stars because the writing is good, but the logic is faulty at worst and unlikely at best, and the traumatic repetition made me deeply dislike the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

paeten_'s review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective tense

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Adult/minor relationship, Infertility, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Bullying, Transphobia, Medical content, and Abortion

insanebookperson's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

nicole0617's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

Not a typical Slaughter book, but I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Although there were no big twists throughout, the beginning chapters are in typical Slaughter fashion - fast paced, brutal and gut wrenching. I had to put it down after the first chapter just to digest what had happened. 

This isn't a thriller novel, but i5mt does cover some pretty graphic stuff - make sure to check your trigger warnings before diving in. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

ncoletti's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Murder

Minor: Abortion

dhodgson01'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: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Cancer, and Death of parent

Minor: Abortion

syab13's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Police brutality, Grief, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

joey1914's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail