Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

The Good Daughter by Karin Slaughter

29 reviews

dfrancis's review against another edition

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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Cancer, Chronic illness, Infertility, Infidelity, Suicide, Police brutality, Grief, and Pregnancy

saraavowlerr's review against another edition

challenging 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I felt like some parts were redundant and some were confusing. But I loved the relationship between Lenore and rusty and rusty and the daughters and ben and Charlie

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abortion, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Abortion

voilajean's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Death of parent

Moderate: Ableism, Cancer, Suicide, Transphobia, and Outing

Minor: Abortion

kariereads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

karin slaughter continues to be very hit or miss for me, but there’s just something about her writing that keeps me coming back to her books… unfortunately this one ended up just being okay for me, it felt like it dragged a lot & was longer than it needed to be.

I feel like the flashbacks were repetitive & could’ve been done in a different way. I also wasn’t completely blown away by the twist at the end :/ I think my favorite part about this book would definitely have to be the Quinn family dynamic & Rusty! also Ben was such a great character & all I could think was he deserved better lol. i also really enjoyed Sam as a character & appreciated the representation of someone who has disabilities.

also, make sure to read your trigger warnings… I went in blind & didn’t realize some of the story revolves around a school shooting & that is always very hard & triggering for me to read. 

on to the next one!</spoilers>

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Cancer

Minor: Racial slurs and Suicide attempt

tk95's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

Moderate: Suicide and Transphobia

Minor: Cancer

abbs15norm'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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Bullying, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Transphobia, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Pedophilia, Transphobia, and Abortion

nono2l's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

4.5

this was an amazing book. i think this is the first book that i have read this year because i've been so busy but honestly, what a great way to get back into reading. i thoroughly enjoyed this and i will be coming back to read more of your works. i will definitely check for some trigger warnings because this was dark but very thrilling. good job

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Rape, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder

abbeyhuffine94's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring 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? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Chronic illness, Infertility, Infidelity, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Cancer, Pedophilia, Terminal illness, Transphobia, and Abortion

the_escapist's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Cancer, Child abuse, Cursing, Gore, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Terminal illness, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

allymango'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? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Infertility, Miscarriage, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Police brutality, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Vomit, Grief, Abortion, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Outing