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Would You Know if You Lived in Captivity?

The Marsh King's Daughter by Karen Dionne

August 10, 2017 by Melina 1 Comment

Trigger warning: Rape/captivity Helena Pelletier is just about as happy and at peace in her life as she can be.  She has a loving husband, two daughters whom she loves, a jam making business and strong connection to nature and the world around her.  In the first chapter or two, I was seriously envious, then the other shoe drops and we learn that Helena has been keeping secrets about her past.  Now, due to her father escaping from prison (after fashioning a shiv out of toilet paper and toothpaste, say whaaaaaa???) not far from her house that her past is […]

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8/10/2017 Melina's CBR9 Review No:22 |
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Deeply disturbing and graphically violent

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

July 26, 2017 by Mikki Blu Leave a Comment

As per the blurb:  Karin Slaughter returns with a sophisticated and chilling psychological thriller of dangerous secrets, cold vengeance, and unexpected absolution, in which two estranged sisters must come together to find truth about two harrowing tragedies, twenty years apart, that devastate their lives. This was a deeply disturbing book – well written, with great attention to plot and detail, but overall disturbing.  I would warn anyone thinking of reading this that it contains highly graphic violence to women, with scenes of torture and rape that are almost too much at times.  If that bothers you, or is a trigger […]

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7/26/2017 Mikki Blu's CBR9 Review No:61 |
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| Tags: abduction, cbr9, disturbing violence, Karin Slaughter, murder mystery, serial killers | Category: Fiction, Mystery | 0 Comments


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