Reviews tagging 'Terminal illness'

Pieces of Her by Karin Slaughter

13 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

pernillelsk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Death, Violence, Pregnancy, Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Homophobia, Medical content, Stalking, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

miranda_is_reading's review against another edition

dark 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

4.0

First Karin Slaughter read! I was also delighted to discover this was mad into a show on Netflix. I’ll def be reading more of her books. Im interested to see where the second book in this series goes. 

This book is pretty violent and descriptive of gory scenes, so if you’re sensitive to topics I don’t suggest reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Vomit, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Drug abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Mental illness, Child abuse, Cursing, Kidnapping, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Addiction, Cancer, Medical content, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, and Self harm

Minor: Dementia, Grief, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Transphobia, Outing, and Incest

malbenigno's review against another edition

dark tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Emotional abuse, Addiction, Violence, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, and Blood

Minor: Terminal illness, Cancer, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

mrsmishler's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Blood, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Cancer, Addiction, Terminal illness, Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, and Gaslighting

dilani's review against another edition

dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

This is the fourth book I’ve read from Karin Slaughter and she still manages to amaze me. The writing, characters, and plot always seem to suck me in. Like I’ve done before  with her other books, I teared up at certain parts. Finding out Laura’s past was rough. 

Are Slaughter’s books kinda messed up? Yes, but I keep eating it up. And I’ll continue to do so.

Also fuck Nick and Paula.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Injury/Injury detail, Addiction, Blood, Toxic relationship, Violence, Terminal illness, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Murder, Miscarriage, Gun violence, and Abortion

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Homophobia, and Child abuse

Minor: Rape

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

crystal0492's review against another edition

challenging tense slow-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

4.0

This was a slow read and parts definitely could’ve been cut  particularly in the past, I felt some major plot points were rushed while less important points tediously drug on. <spoilers ahead> More details about the actual villain would be nice but it’s completely glazed over quickly toward the end, meanwhile you know far more than you need to about her extremely boring and emotionally stunted daughter in the first two parts. We get it, she’s timid and weak. Plenty of twists and turns, definitely worth the read just have to push past all of the political droning and the daughter’s nonexistent personality. Looking forward to seeing how she’s portrayed on the show. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Homophobia, Racial slurs, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Terminal illness and Miscarriage

cheyhemeyer's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Physical abuse

Minor: Pregnancy, Terminal illness, and Homophobia

bookswithgeorgia's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Rape, Homophobia, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Mass/school shootings, Terminal illness, and Murder