Karin Slaughter

From the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her and The Silent Wife, an electrifying standalone thriller. Karin Slaughter is back with her first nail-biting standalone since 2018!

A Novel

Unti Karin Slaughter #21

Lola

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           This book was a RIDE! and one that i thoroughly enjoyed!


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I don't think a book has ever made me cry but Dr Jerry's treatment and love of Callie in her lowest moments in his office caught me so off guard and had me sobbing! their relationship was beautiful. and i must say this really cemented my love for callie as a character.

As always Karin slaughters books play out like an action thriller movie in my head and i loved every minute of it. Looking forward to working my way through the rest of her books.

Daphne

Bria

Karen E

Trish D

Changing my review bc it was actually a good book now that I’ve processed it lol. Not a fun read for sure. Extremely devastating 

2.5 😭😭😭 i really wanted to like this but god i can’t stop thinking about how if gillian flynn wrote this story it would so much better 🥲😗

Lane Hokanson

This was devastating, captivating, and made me laugh and cry - which is a mean feat for a thriller. Definitely recommend, but please check trigger warnings first.

Alexa M

i really enjoyed this!! yall know i love me some Karin Slaughter. however, i think this is the most predictable KS ive read AND all the legal jargon/ drug facts (?) slowed the pacing of this for me. but i did really like the story and our 2 main characters! and while i understand WHY she included all the COVID shit, it was really fucking annoying to read about like goddamn i dont need to know who is and isnt wearing a mask in every room you walk in omg

Molly Morgan

This book was so damn good. Karin's gritty, thrillers are my favorite types of reads. It is brutal and very real. 

I would absolute recommend this to anyone who loves dark thrillers. I would advise anyone to also check trigger warnings, because it is pretty gruesome.

Siya S

3.5 stars! I love Karin Slaughter to bits, and this one is a solid crime/thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat. The opening chapter was perhaps the best prologue in the history of prologues — it punched you in the face with that WTF moment when you finally got your perspective adjusted to what was really happening in the scene. I also love how recent this book was — the covid-19 situation, and the social issues that this book portrayed have heightened its thrilling quality of the plot. How the system failed to bring justice in time (delayed processes, prolonged bureaucratic procedures due to the pandemic) could also be an injustice by itself. 

However, a few times I found it a bit lagging — the description of scenes just got drawn out too much, and there's no ultimate surprise waiting at the end. The bad guy was truly evilish and bad and things got quite underwhelming by the end of the book. 

So, in comparison, I still like Pretty Girls and The Good Daughter a lot more than this one.

Sarah

Really liked this book. Look up trigger warnings before you read

Ariel Himboi

I am unbelievably p*ssed off at this god awful attempt at a novel about feminism and covid and sexual assault and drug addiction all wrapped around in a messy, jagged, razed sharp piece of poop, misogynistic and extremely rape and murder fantasy, poor rendition of a thriller crime story. 

Ive been up since last night, it’s 6am, you can find my rants at @sunriseabramtru on twitter but i am SO annoyed, and angry, and incredibly done. With this book. With this author. Everything. 

I liked her other novel, The Good Daughter. But this? Oh my god. 

The woman wrote one paragraph about sexual assault and drug addiction and then wrote eleven about covid and the damn book was entirely covid related the entire time. 

I cant. I hate this book. I hate that I spent so much time reading it with my EYES. If you’re a woman, i highly recommend YOU LOOK AWAY. 

Terrible. I need a nap before I delve into all the issues and … ugh. Just bad. 

Will be updated when i have the energy.

Devin Mainville

I am obsessed with Karin Slaughter and if you are too, you will not be disappointed by False Witness. 

False Witness has a lot of what has stood out in Slaughter’s other stand alone novels (and probably her series, but I haven’t delved too far into those yet) - estranged sisters pulled back into each other’s lives, gruesome violence, twists on twists on twists and heavy commentary on women not being believed about sexual assault. 

Also, shout out to Kathleen Early who narrated the audiobook and gave an amazing voice performance. Each character was clearly defined and articulated, it was like a little radio play!

Unti Karin Slaughter #21 A Novel

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