Reviews tagging 'Confinement'

Triptych by Karin Slaughter

10 reviews

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

missmichalalynn's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Good opening book of a series. 
jaw dropping when they reveal that the neighbor

Spoiler

was only 15

I had to go back and re listen. 
Toward the end it felt like it got gratuitously bloody and gave me the ick. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child abuse, Medical content, Torture, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Police brutality, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, and Gore

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Confinement

Minor: Suicide attempt

brandie_abbie19's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Sexual content, Torture, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Abandonment, Addiction, Child abuse, Medical trauma, Murder, Self harm, Dementia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Medical content, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Violence, and Vomit

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

jackbifrost's review against another edition

fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Blood, Grief, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Rape, Death, Sexism, Sexual assault, and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment and Death of parent

Minor: Racial slurs, Racism, and Homophobia

ekmook's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

amandamagdic's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Triptych is one of those books that pulls you in right from the beginning and keeps you there. We start off with a detailed graphic description of a gruesome murder and you just need to know more. I "read " this as an audio book and at first the narrators voice almost ruined it for me but I'm glad I stuck with it. 

This is the first in a series of police/crime drama novels featuring Georgia Bureau of Investigations (GBI) detective Will Trent. Trent comes from a rough past growing up in the systems and being abused by those who are supposed to be caring for him. He also suffers from dyslexia that went undiagnosed as a child and that he refuses to get treated now for fear of repercussions at his job and pride. 

Will gets called into assist Atlanta PD on the brutal rape and murder of a prostitute in Atlanta's version of the projects. He is brought in due to similarities to several other of his cases the main one being all the girls have had their tongues removed - primarily by being bitten off. But Will's vicitms all survived and were children. Jump to John Shelley, a convicted felon for rape and murder of a classmate at 16, and his past. How is he connected to this new string of cases and are the aligning factors just a coincidence?

Slaughter weaves an interconnecting tale that keeps you in suspense and spinning trying to figure out what you think you know. With a slightly slow start it quickly picks up pace and has you engaged and guessing trying to piece together how everything and everyone are connected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Vomit

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

drchronicallyreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, and Gore

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