Reviews tagging 'Chronic illness'

Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter

6 reviews

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Terminal illness, Cancer, Gun violence, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Emotional abuse, Violence, Addiction, Drug abuse, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Grief, Medical content, and Miscarriage

Minor: Drug use, Homophobia, Child death, Blood, Classism, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Chronic illness, and Dementia

lindsayreadsandcoffeebeans's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Grief, Racism, Bullying, Cursing, Abortion, Addiction, Cancer, and Chronic illness

Minor: Dementia, Drug abuse, and Alcohol

wendydaisy1969's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Murder

Minor: Rape and Chronic illness

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious 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

4.75

Really great, exciting read. Kept me guessing and ended up being a really interesting plot and much more below th surface the more you read.

Spoiler

Towards the end, the authors tone while discussing domestic violence themes was a bit off putting. Though I understand that it was from the perspective of the narrator, it still threw me off. I wish that the main characters talked less about the blame for their own "choices" and more about the incredibly intense manipulation and coercion that lewd to those "choices". Are they really choices at all then?

All in all this was a great read and I will be diving into more of Karin Slaughter's books in the future. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Blood, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Chronic illness, Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Addiction, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

Minor: Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Medical content, Homophobia, and Cancer

froggybex's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

3.5

it started off strong then just got meh. the chapters were so long and just some of it was so predictable and drawn out like let me have some of the guesswork here.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Vomit, Miscarriage, Addiction, Chronic illness, Outing, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Classism, Violence, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

mads96's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Chronic illness and Domestic abuse