Pretty Girls
By Karin Slaughter
- Release Date: 2015-09-29
- Genre: Police Procedural
Description
#1 New York Times bestselling author Karin Slaughter’s Pretty Girls is 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.
Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.CLAIRE: A glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire.LYDIA: A single mother dating an ex-con, who struggles to make ends meet.JULIA: The sister whose devastating disappearance more than two decades earlier shattered their family. When the shocking murder of Claire’s husband brings the horror and heartbreak of the cold case of her sister’s disappearance roaring back, she is forced to form a wary truce with Lydia, whom she has not spoken to in decades. Two crimes, nearly a quarter century apart: What could connect them? Haunted, the surviving sisters begin to unearth the dark family secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago … and find the astonishing truth where they least expected it. Powerful, poignant, and an utterly gripping crime thriller, packed with indelible characters and dark, unforgettable twists, Pretty Girls is a masterful novel from one of the finest writers working today.
The secrets connecting a brutal murder to a decades-old disappearance are about to be unearthed. But will the truth save them, or bury them forever?
Reviews
Amazingly Scary
5By EmTPeThis book is not for the faint of heart. It starts off with the reader clutching their pearls and that feeling doesn’t stop until the end. It’s a true page turner. I loved every minute of this thrilling story. Also, I’m so glad I have a normal, boring life.Predictable
2By mama_of_three_beautiesA lot of the characters thoughts, feelings and actions were continually expressed. I felt it was unnecessary. And therefore made the book drag on…I didn’t finish it. Highly disappointed. Predictable ending…I scrolled to the end and partially read last couple chapters.Amazingly crazy…
5By slkmoreSick. Mean. Mind-blowing. Just plain ol’ scary. Even dreamed about it & had to get up & finish.Not as exciting as expected
3By MakaylaJade508Not a bad read, but nothing too exciting either. The ending was rather predictable and the antagonist is exactly who you think it is. Average read.Extremely difficult to read.
3By Dedra GrizzardLove the endingWow.
4By Ahuitt16Pretty Girls Karin Slaughter ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I really enjoyed this book. But I could not give it 5 stars for 3 very specific reasons… This was a book that was a little harder for me read because it contains every trigger warning… for pretty much any awful thing you can imagine like: violent rape, sexual assault, suicide, graphic violence, murder, torture, and at times I honestly wasn’t sure if I could stomach any more of it. But I was captivated by the writing and I couldn’t stop reading this book. I already had an idea of how it was going to end by half way thru it. But I needed to keep reading it. I finished the book in 5 days. The story follows two sisters Claire and Lydia who haven’t spoken in years, but when Claire’s husband is murdered, their horrible past comes back to them. It is an edge-of-your-seat thriller from page 100 till the end. And by the ending I was so heartbroken for Sam. His POV was my favorite. I loved the 3 different POVs. I love reading books written like this. It was written really well. But the reason I couldn’t give it 5 stars is because I just really wish we could have had Anna’s POV, Paul’s POV and most of all I really wish the book would have ended with Julia’s POV. I think knowing how those 3 specific characters were feeling would have been the perfect addition to this crazy story.Extremely wordy and graphic
1By Super amazing app really happyThis book DRAGGED on, and was extremely boring and had no real twists or turns or surprises and not only that but certain graphic scenes were repeated over and over and sickening. Wouldn’t recommend as a piece of writing or for anyone with kidsPretty girls
5By Baylee-1610/10 finished this book in a few days! Had me hookedNeeds a Warning Label
3By Literary ChicI love a good plot twist in a book. However, the plot twists in this book were horrific and disturbing. I had to skip some parts just so get to the end. I needed to know how and the why. Overall it was alright but too much for me.Warning:
5By StephieEssI can’t even put trigger warnings without spoilers. There is some really brutal subject matter. Hard-core, it’s not for everyone. Compelling, twisted and really dark. Karin Slaughter is one of my favorite authors, so much so I have been bingeing Will Trent from the beginning. However, this one has taken me a while to get through.Alright
3By Jules188The book was alright. I couldn’t stop reading but I’m not sure if it was because I just wanted something to happen. I heard someone say it was “jaw dropping” but I’m not gonna lie, I don’t think it was. A lot of the book was just dragging to me. I skimmed parts here and there because it was honestly kinda pointless…I recommend reading just to try it out, though. It’s not terrible but it’s not great.100/10
5By B<3333333One of the best thrillers I’ve read. It feels like you’re in the book watching it all happen and keeps you intrigued!Not prepared
3By la9312The book wasn’t bad at all. I enjoyed the story and the plot was good until I got to the part about the videos… I wasn’t expecting something like that. And I can’t say I enjoyed it. I felt it went a really dark way. I also felt that it all seemed far fetched. I wish the “twist” or whatever you want to call it wasn’t what it was. This book was unsettling and major trigger warning. “Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter is a dark, gritty psychological thriller that dives deep into the lives of two sisters, Claire and Lydia, who are forced to confront their traumatic past and uncover horrifying secrets about their family and their town. The novel begins with the disappearance of Julia, the eldest sister, 20 years ago—a tragedy that tore the family apart. Claire, the polished and privileged wife of a successful businessman, and Lydia, a single mother struggling to get by, haven’t spoken in years. When Claire’s husband, Paul, is murdered in a violent attack, she begins to discover unsettling truths about his life that shake her to her core. At the same time, Lydia uncovers clues that suggest Paul might have been involved in something far darker than anyone suspected. As the sisters reunite to piece together the mystery surrounding Paul’s life and Julia’s disappearance, they uncover a horrifying web of violence, exploitation, and secrets that stretch back decades. The revelations force them to confront their own fractured relationship and the lingering wounds from their shared trauma. Told through alternating perspectives, including flashbacks and excerpts from their father’s journal addressed to the missing Julia, the narrative is both emotionally raw and relentlessly suspenseful. Slaughter doesn’t shy away from exploring the darkest aspects of humanity, making this book as shocking as it is compelling.“Wow.
5By rf12345678901357924680This was so brutal and suspenseful and gripping. I could not put it down.Murder and torture.
1By Lmnop789Too sick and gory to enjoy. Only read to the end to make sure he got it in the end.If I had known I wouldn’t read
2By rose0zWriting is fine. Story is suspenseful. However, too much sexual violence.Twisted
5By Brandi AdamsDarkly masochistic and twisted, this is super graphic and not for the weak. A b it confusing in the beginning tying everyone together but all in all, a couldn’t stop reading page turner.A real page turner
5By jubiegirl2Gripping and impossible to put down.Evil and Disturbing
1By wencoxI wanted to like this book, but it was just too disturbing. The descriptions of torture and murder were very graphic and not something I want to think about. I stopped reading the book at about 80% but wish I never downloaded it at all.
