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Indelible by Karin Slaughter

8 reviews

mxcopmy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

This was truly a thriller of a different calibre. The story was so incredibly phenomenal and complex! This is so far, for me, the best book in the series! I freaking loved it!!! No idea if I will ever really get over this book.

It is still highly recommended to read the books in order anyway rather than randomly picking one up :))

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Blood, Gun violence, Homophobia, Rape, and Injury/Injury detail

notartgarfunkel's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Child abuse, Medical content, Homophobia, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Infidelity and Sexual content

Minor: Police brutality, Fatphobia, and Infertility

charlotte_helen's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

I like how this book focuses more on Sara and Jeffery’s past and how subtle hints to some aspects of this were dropped in within previous books and were looked at in greater depth in indelible. I also liked how two different points in their lives were used and connected to the real-time storyline. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Murder, Gun violence, Rape, Violence, Toxic friendship, Blood, Medical trauma, and Homophobia

Moderate: Miscarriage, Addiction, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Mental illness, and Infertility

realhousewifeofthelibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Favorite of the Grant County series so far. I think Slaughter does a great job of navigating both triggering content and characters with care. I love how Sara Linton had served as the moral compass for this cast of characters, but after this book I’m siding eyeing her ability to overlook major red flags when it comes to Jeffery. Let’s just say he must be laying it down QUITE well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

Minor: Child abuse

jackbifrost's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Infidelity, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Child abuse, Death, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Violence, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Abortion, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Bullying, Chronic illness, Infertility, Outing, and Police brutality

abbs15norm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Cursing, Infidelity, Suicide, Child abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mass/school shootings, Violence, Sexual content, and Medical content

Minor: Child abuse, Drug abuse, Animal cruelty, Infertility, Abortion, Adult/minor relationship, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, and Rape

peskimo's review against another edition

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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Murder, Blood, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual content, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical content, Gun violence, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Death

Moderate: Rape

wordsofclover's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• 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

 cw: extreme, graphic violence, mass shooting, discussion of rape, homophobia

In the fourth book in the Grant County series, Indelible opens up as two men walk into the police station that Sara and Jeffrey are in, alongside colleagues and children , and open fire - killing several and wounding others. Sara ends up in a terrifying hostage situation, and the story flashes back 12 years previously when Sara and Jeffrey were at the beginning of their relationship and travelled back to Jeffrey's hometown, where naturally they end up in a murder investigation involving Jeffrey's childhood friends.

This was as intense and gripping as you would expect a book that starts with a mass shooting and hostage situation to be, as well as well, any book by Karin Slaughter! This was an interesting book to follow as we really see a different side of Sara and Jeffrey than we previously have done - the people they were at the start of the relationship, before Jeffrey f***ed up, and a Sara who is still recovering from the awful ordeal that happened to her when she was a doctor in the hospital.

The flashbacks give a good reprieve to the scarier and more intense hostage scenes. Not only are Sara and Jeffrey in danger or on the brink of death - but other characters who we have come to know and love over the course of the previous three books are either in danger, injured or dead (I never knew I felt so protective over Brad until this book). I will admit though there were times in the flashbacks when I wanted the story to hurry up, as I was more involved in the outcome of the hostage situation than the 12-year-old murder case.

I was kind of happy to not have as much Lena in this book which I always feel guilty saying. Lena is such a complex character and I have a real love-hate relationship with her. I appreciate the survivor story she is living through, and the type of victim/survivor Karin Slaughter portrays her as, and I guess she's written in a way where you are not necessarily suppose to like her. She does seem to come to a point in this book though where some of the things I disliked about her (her behaviour towards Jeffrey, her refusal to get/accept help, the self abuse) seem to finally be something she is resolving.

The language in this book tends to be a bit dated but even when it was published I'm sure it was uncomfortable to read, as it is now. I really hate how often the word "slut" is used to describe female characters in this series, and not just by the men but the female characters like Sara and Lena as well. There's also some homophobic language in Indelible as well as some homophobic behaviour by characters (which we have seen in the past as well). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Sexual violence and Rape