Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

79 reviews

devanyb21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, Death, Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Infertility, Abortion, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

nicole_cob_reads'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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Suicide, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Murder, Rape, Grief, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Physical abuse, Blood, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Police brutality, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Gun violence

literaryliz's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

mallaidhsomo's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

3.75

VERY hard to read, not because it was difficult, but because it was so dark. If you want to read a book that makes you hate cis-men and small southern towns, I have the one for you. It's GRAPHIC and violent, and relentless. 

It's a good story, though.

My only other complaint is how wordy Slaughter tends to be. She describes everything in such detail and it feels unnecessary. Describing every movement taken to check an email on a phone is too much. This book could've used a good culling of extra prose. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gun violence, and Misogyny

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

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

Minor: Transphobia, Fire/Fire injury, and Ableism

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

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Content Warnings

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

x3melly's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Sexual violence, Gore, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Transphobia and Suicide

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

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

Minor: Transphobia, Abortion, Bullying, and Medical content

fkshg8465's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.25

She’s had better books than this. Main characters were easy to sympathize with, but they were still hard to like. Too many layers of story going on at once, and the whole thing that kicked it off was so disgusting. Unfortunately, that first scene got revisited three more times, and it got worse each time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Violence, Child abuse, Death of parent, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Vomit, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Fire/Fire injury

starklinqs's review against another edition

3.5

I feel like this story started out strong and then fizzled out. The story eventually all comes together, but I felt like it took so long to deal with the Kelly Wilson plot, and the characters dealing with their backstory sometimes felt disjointed. It’s well written and I wanted to know more as I read, but there’s something about it that stopped me from really loving it.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Miscarriage and Vomit

Minor: Abortion and Infidelity