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False Witness
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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He saw what you did.He knows who you are...From the New York Times bestselling author of Pieces of Her and The Silent Wife, an electrifying standalone thriller.AN ORDINARY LIFE...Leigh Collier has worked hard to build what looks like a normal life. She's an up-and-coming defense attorney at a prestigious law firm in Atlanta, would do anything for her sixteen-year-old daughter Maddy, and is managing to successfully co-parent through a pandemic after an amicable separation from her husband Walter. HIDES A DEVASTATING PAST...But Leigh's ordinary life masks a childhood no one should have to endure ... a childhood tarnished by secrets, broken by betrayal, and ultimately destroyed by a brutal act of violence. BUT NOW THE PAST IS CATCHING UP...On a Sunday night at her daughter's school play, she gets a call from one of the partners who wants Leigh to come on board to defend a wealthy man accused of multiple counts of rape. Though wary of the case, it becomes apparent she doesn't have much choice if she wants to keep her job. They go to trial in one week. When she meets the accused face-to-face, she realizes that it's no coincidence that he's specifically asked for her to represent him. She knows him. And he knows her. More to the point, he may know what happened over twenty years ago, and why Leigh has spent two decades avoiding her past. AND TIME IS RUNNING OUT.Suddenly she has a lot more to lose than this case. The only person who can help is her younger, estranged sister Callie, the last person Leigh would ever want to drag into this after all they've been through. But with the life-shattering truth in danger of being revealed, she has no choice...
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Kris10H
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4/5
The first chapter drew me in, and I was definitely invested in the characters and storyline from the beginning.
TWs: In typical fashion, this novel by Slaughter is quite graphic, including violence and SA.

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Kris10H

"It's not about making good choices. It's about having good choices".

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OrangeMooseReads
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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This was my last read of 2023.
I enjoy Slaughter. She is a good to for me. I can usually figure out what is going on/what happened but the story is still good. I like her writing and story telling skills.
3.8 ⭐️ only because I figured it out lol
Recommend if you like slightly twisty thriller/mysteries.

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Gizmo86
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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New pick 😊🧐🔪

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all_4_kb
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Discount book find of the day! Always ready for a Karin Slaughter book! #Meijer

quirkyreader You must either be from Michigan, Ohio, or Indiana if you were shopping at Meijers. (edited) 8mo
all_4_kb @quirkyreader I live in Ohio! 😉 8mo
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Lizpixie
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Hey everyone, been in a big hole lately but I‘m climbing back out slowly!
I wasn‘t a big fan of this standalone by one of my auto buy read-as-soon-as-it‘s-in-my-hands authors.First time I‘ve ever not been happy with one of her books! Not sure why, I didn‘t like any of the characters and even the plot, which she‘s normally a master at, didn‘t really thrill me. I was worried she was being a Cornwall but her recent ones have been great. Thank god!

catsuit_mango I am a big fan of Neil Gaiman, but I did not like American gods at all. Normally I like mythology retellings but not this time, I even gave it a re-read at one point to check, but still nope. At least I know that every one of his books can be completely different, so I can try the new omes 13mo
BookmarkTavern I‘m glad she redeemed herself for you! Thank you for sharing! 13mo
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MicheleinPhilly
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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I had taken a break from Karin Slaughter because the Will Trent series was driving me bonkers - the new show didn‘t help matters either. So I decided to pick up one of her stand-alones that has been hanging out in #TheVault. I don‘t think any other author writing today gets me ripping through 500 page books quite like she does. She really is a master. 👍🏼

LeahBergen *boop* 13mo
RaeLovesToRead Hi Philly Pickles!!! 🐶💕 13mo
TrishB Love Slaughter ♥️ hi 👋 Pickles 13mo
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MicheleinPhilly @LeahBergen @RaeLovesToRead @TrishB Hi Johnny, Hi Nottingham Pickles, Hi Sansa! 😘 13mo
dabbe Perky Pickles! ❣️🐾❣️ 13mo
Leftcoastzen Love the concept #TheVault !Pickles ! Adorable as usual. 13mo
batsy Pickles approves? 😁 13mo
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mom_of_4
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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All my holds are coming in around the same time. I got alot of reading to do.

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TheDaysGoBy
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Mehso-so

Just getting around to posting this after the craziness of last night. Talk about finishing it in the final hour lol

Overall, this was just a so-so for me. It kept my interest but I‘ve read more gripping thrillers with better characters. I do appreciate the detail the author put into the characters though

#scarthlon #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick

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Kimberlone
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Final #Scarathlon points and wrap up!

I earned 35,743 points for week 4, bringing my total points for the event to 61,023. The week 4 games and adding up all my bingo lines and movie/tv/podcast consumption really helped to make this week a strong finish!

Thanks again for hosting @Clwojick (and happy birthday!)!

#TeamSlaughter

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kezzlou85
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Autumn skies and final scores for #Scarathlon. This was my best week. Managed to read 16 books and around 100 hours across the whole month. 16,583 points for week 4 #TeamSlaughter. Thanks for being a fab captain @Clwojick . Well done all on both teams. Always lots of fun.

Clwojick Great job! Thank you for joining us, and all your participation! 1y
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Read4life
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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I read 5 out of the 10 #Trappedonanisland books that @Clwojick picked for me.

Clwojick Way to go! 1y
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Read4life
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Clwojick Way to go! 1y
Eggs 👏🏻📚👏🏻 1y
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SamAnne
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Panpan

My last Karin Slaughter. Pieces of Her was a good story but I had so many problems with this one. It felt too prurient with its pedophila/child rape storyline. It really needed an editor. So much repetition, unnecessary overly long explanatory passages. Yes, author, we get you know a lot about a variety of topics related to crimes and cops. #TeamSlaughter #Scarathalon @Clwojick

Clwojick 😂 I feel similar. I liked it, but I feel like she tries a little too hard for “shock value”. I still think the first book I‘ve read by her is still my favourite. Mostly because it was so dark and thrilling that I was actually creeped out. I read a lot of thrillers, so it takes a lot to creep me out. I think I‘ll take a vote for next year to see if its finally time to move away from #TeamSlaughter, and choose a different author. 😊👏🏻 1y
SamAnne @Clwojick what was the first one you read? I‘d be up for a different author! 1y
Clwojick This one! It‘s super dark, but I enjoyed the domestic thriller aspect of it. It was also one of the first audiobooks I ever listened to, instead of physically reading, so I felt like that definitely added to the creep experience. 1y
Kimberlone It was definitely too long and the violence/abuse content was way over the top. I‘m not even a prude when it comes to that stuff but I found myself fast forwarding through some of the long overly descriptive sections. 1y
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Rissa1
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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@The.Great.Catsby I an stoked about these books. The 🎃 sock are in use. Thank you so much!! @wanderinglynn #HHS Happy Halloween!

wanderinglynn Awesome! 🎃 1y
The.Great.Catsby Yay!! So happy you liked it. Hope you had a happy Halloween 😁😁😁 1y
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Read4life
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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#Scarathlondailyprompt #guilt #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick

There‘s plenty of guilt being felt in this one!

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ImperfectCJ
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Mehso-so

Several times the characters in this book say, "There's only one thing we can do now," and I think, "Yes, go to the police," and then they proceed to outline and carry out some complicated vigilante plan. The violence, especially against children, is graphic, extreme, and relentless, but there are some redeeming characters here (the veterinarian, the one police officer).

#TeamSlaughter team read, just under the wire! 12 hrs, 171 pts. #scarathlon

ImperfectCJ And I laughed out loud when the narrator said a character had to "prostate" herself before her family. I really hope that was correct in the text and just a slip on the part of the audiobook narrator. 1y
SamAnne @ImperfectCJ 😂😂😂 1y
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FantasyChick
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Mehso-so

I had a love/hate relationship with this one. The story was fantastic but I knew in the first 200 pages that this was going to be at least 100 pages too long. Slaughter either breaks the bank or writes like she needs filler for her 500 word high school essay. This book was the latter. So many words and they were all the same 🤦‍♀️

#Scarathlon2022 #TeamSlaughter #TeamRead #BookspinBingo #PromptMaze @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
TheSpineView Well done 1y
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SamAnne I‘m feeling the same. Have switched to only audio so I can speed up the superfluous parts. 1y
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼🐈‍⬛🧡 1y
Andrew65 Much longer than it needed to be in my opinion. I prefer her series books. 1y
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Read4life
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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#Autumnatoz @Texreader

E-H books read for this readathon. Enjoyed all 4.

#Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick 👻🎃🔪

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Roary47
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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4✨ n 1998 Callie is babysitting until his dad come home. That is when the trouble started and someone winds up dead. Flash forward to 2021 when things were just opening up again after the pandemic. Leigh is a defense attorney hired to an alleged rapist. This causes it all to flood back. It was an amazing read. It did have several trigger warnings for: rape, pedophilia, drugs, and abuse. #TeamSlaughter buddy read #Scarathon @Clwojick

Clwojick Way to go! 1y
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Roary47
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Not super pretty, but having pumpkin spice dipped apples for dessert today while reading the tagged. I‘ll be updating the last few things from last week shortly. #scarthon #teamslaughter @Clwojick

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aperfectmjk
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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TheSpineView Well done 1y
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 1y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 1y
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼👻🧡 1y
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GHABI4ROSES
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Posting my proper points! Here is my cumulative, I want to get into some games: 2351♥️

#scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter #weekendreading #pointsathon #frightfall #somethingwickedfall #goodreads

Jordan and Jesse are two of my daughters (3 girls and a boy total).

TheSpineView Awesome 1y
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳Great job👰🏾 1y
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Read4life
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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I finished these 12 books during #OutstandingOctober Thanks for hosting, @Andrew65

Andrew65 Awesome 👏👏👏🙌🥳🍾🥂😍 Thanks for playing along. 1y
kspenmoll 👏🏻👏🏻 1y
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Read4life
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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I finished these 12 books during #OutstandingOctober. Thank you, @Andrew65 for hosting. 🤓

Andrew65 Awesome 👏👏👏🙌🥳🍾🥂😍 Thanks for playing along. 1y
kspenmoll Wow! 👏🏻👏🏻 1y
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Rissa1
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Clwojick Awesome! Way to go! ☠ 1y
DanaManiac 🥳🥳🥳 1y
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Read4life
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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A much slower week that was plagued with migraines.

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gossamerchild
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Bailedbailed

Nope. Can't do it. And I only feel bad because it's the #teamslaughter #buddyread. Turns out I can't handle this type of thriller. Honestly, I almost stopped after the first chapter. Oh well.

Do #wordsearch words count for books you #dnf?

#scarathlon2022 @Clwojick

TrishB Her books are always v.violent and gory! 1y
gossamerchild @TrishB it's the violence towards women I can't handle. Hey writing style is fantastic, though, and I totally see why people enjoy her. 1y
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SomedayAlmost
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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The love and pain shared between sisters Leigh and Callie make this thriller stand out. Icy rich boy rapist Andrew is a creepy villain. Minor characters have a few tricks up their sleeves as well. Enjoyed this one even more than “Pieces of her,” I think because of the strong sibling relationship. #TeamRead #thriller #Scarathalon22 #TeamSlaughter #31by31

5feet.of.fury Yessss I loved Callie and Leigh‘s complicated relationship. The way they interacted made the book for me, also. 1y
GHABI4ROSES Required reading for two of my daughters. It rocked me. @DieAReader @Andrew65 @SusanOrnelas65 @Lesanne this is my eldest and third children. Jordan and Jesse. But that season ends gloriously for us 🙏🏾Jordan is actually in criminal defense as well, just wow. (edited) 1y
Catsandbooks Kitty cuddles! ❤️ 1y
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AllDebooks
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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#Scarathalon #TeamSlaughter #Promptmaze

I've made it through the Scarathalon prompt maze 🙌

Also did the word search on team read, False Witness. That yielded almost as many points as my 1st week total tally!!!

@Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fabulous progress!!! You are also quite welcome to start over if you would like to continue using the maze to score points!! 1y
AllDebooks @TheAromaofBooks I already have 😅 1y
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DHill
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Finished one of my #TeamSlaughter #teamreads. I love Karin Slaughter. I especially love Karin Slaughter narrated by Kathleen Early.

#Scarathlon @Clwojick

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Lizpixie
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Mehso-so

Bk9 of #Scarathlon & Bk4 of #OutstandingOctober #readathon is done! My 2nd time reading the #TeamRead & it‘s still not my favourite Slaughter unfortunately. I found most of the characters awful & annoying(I feel like a traitor just saying it!)🫣 #WordSearch #BodyCountBingo ##PromptMaze #31x31 #Spookaween #Pointsathon #AutumnBingo #StabbyBingo #BooktrovertBingo #ReadLikeHellathon #OctoberBookBingo #BookspinBingo #Pop22 #TeamSlaughter 👇 3,681pts

Andrew65 I wasn‘t overly enamoured with this book either. Prefer her series reads. 1y
TheSpineView Well done 1y
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TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 1y
DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 1y
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼☠️🧡 1y
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katiekat311
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Nothing says happy anniversary like my husband getting teeth extracted and me being left alone to finish this team read. Really though, I‘m not complaining.

My skin crawled. My stomach churned. I‘m pretty sure I said “wtf” out loud on numerous occasions. What a whirlwind of a book. First time reading this author, won‘t be my last.

10/15‘s #ScarathonDailyPrompt Read, #TeamSlaughter team read and team theme book. +81 for that alone. 👏🏼

GHABI4ROSES VERY WTF. Like over and WTF over. 1y
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Lizpixie
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Just finished the #TeamRead of #TeamSlaughter for the #Scarathlon #readathon! But it‘s 4am and there‘s no way my tired eyes & brain will work out the prompts & points right now, so I‘ll post my review tomorrow(well, today really🥱)when I won‘t fall asleep over pencil & paper! Night😴 1pt

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Lizpixie
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Currently reading the #TeamRead for #TeamSlaughter in the #Scarathlon #readathon I first read this when it was released, wasn‘t my favourite Slaughter by a long shot, let‘s see if I change my mind! About two sisters, one a lawyer who‘s blackmailed into representing a man she knows is guilty.

GHABI4ROSES Good summary. Nailed it! 1y
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BeckyWithTheGoodBooks
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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My first Karin Slaughter and I get what all the fuss is about! A dark, gritty thriller with strong characters and a gut-wrenching plot, this is not for the faint of heart. With a name like hers, it‘s no surprise that Slaughter holds nothing back-trigger warnings abound. However, this never feels gratuitous and the cat and mouse game is great reading. Ultimately, this is a story of revenge, redemption, and an enduring bond between two sisters. 4⭐️

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5feet.of.fury
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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And I finally got a bingo!
#bodycountbingo

It‘s Not What You Think - Verity (still dont know WHAT I think)
Revenge Plot - The Getaway (I think most of these were a revenge plot, but… this was a doozy)
Free Space -False Witness
Something Spooky - Empire of Wild (it‘s werewolves)
Philosophical Pondering - Just After Sunset (a few of King‘s stories in the collection are about life after death, seemed fitting)
💀🔪

#Scarathlon2022 #TeamSlaughter

PuddleJumper Amazing! 1y
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5feet.of.fury
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Great thriller.

The dynamic between Callie and Leigh was superb. Great set up and side characters. There were some plot points that seemed implausible, and I definitely saw a couple of the twists coming. But overall, it was dark, it was gory, the pacing was immaculate. Everything I have come to expect from Karin Slaughter.

#BuddyRead #TeamSlaughter #Scarathlon2022
#OutstandingOctober #31by31 #spookoween

TheSpineView Fabulous 1y
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼🦇🧡 1y
Andrew65 I enjoyed this but felt it was a bit long winded. Not my usual thought with the author. 1y
5feet.of.fury @Andrew65 I somewhat agree, the first book I read by her was The Good Daughter, which I found to be unnecessarily verbose and very repetitive, but I still liked it. And this one was more similar to that than how she writes any of her series. 1y
Andrew65 @5feet.of.fury I still prefer her series books. 1y
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Kimberlone
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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#Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter Week 2 points: 15,572

Lots of words collected in the week 2 game, finished our team read, and racked up some readathon hours from audiobook listening. Looking forward to week 3!

Clwojick Way to go! Great job! ☠ 1y
bthegood good job - 1y
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galueth28
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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So, this deals with darker themes than what I usually read, and it was very stressful, because the bad guy was really awful and in control of the story for much of the book, but I had a hard time putting it down.

#scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter #scarathlondailyprompts @Clwojick #bookspinbingo #promptmaze @TheAromaofBooks #spookoween @TheSpineView #31by31 @Catsandbooks #pointsathon @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 1y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 1y
TheSpineView Awesome 1y
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼☠️💜 1y
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DHill
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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76% in and I didn‘t see that coming.

#TeamSlaughter #teamread #Scarathlon

@Clwojick

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5feet.of.fury
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Week 2 #Scarathlon2022 #TeamSlaughter - 4496

Finished 3 books - Just After Sunset, The Getaway and Empire of Wild.

1 movie- Halloween (1978)

Hoping to start off week 3 strong and finish the team #BuddyRead today.

🎃👻

SomedayAlmost 👏🏻👏🏻 1y
Clwojick Way to go! Great job! ☠ 1y
bthegood good job - 1y
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vonnie862
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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I actually enjoyed this book. I was a little hesitant because I don't do well with gore. Yes, there were some graphic scenes about rape, drugs, and abuse but it did not deter me away from the story. I really wanted to know how the sisters were going to get away from the bad guy that I kept listening until the very end.
4⭐️

#littenlisten @aperfectmjk
#bookspinbingo #14 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#scarathlon #teambook #teamslaughter @Clwojick

Clwojick Way to go! 1y
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CurvyCrochetGirl
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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I got more points than I did last week, thanks to the team slaughter game! 450 points worth! #scarathlon #teamslaughter 💀🖤

Clwojick Way to go! 1y
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Read4life
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Here‘s my list for the #OutstandingOctober Readathon hosted by @Andrew65
Also books for #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick

Andrew65 Great to have you with us, good luck. 😁 Great book choices. 1y
Clwojick These all look like great books! 1y
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5feet.of.fury
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#outstandingoctober
The priority is the #teamslaughter #buddyread False Witness, I got a 1/3 or so of the way in but didn‘t have the time to devote to it this week, so hoping to have some time this weekend. I‘ve got about 4 hours left on the St James, I still don‘t know how to feel about it. The others I haven‘t started yet. #Scarathlon2022

Andrew65 Great to have you with us, good luck. 😁 1y
Clwojick 🖤 (edited) 1y
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KT1432
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Using our other #TeamSlaughter #BuddyRead for #ScarathlonDailyPrompts #PhotoChallenge Day 10: #Crime. Can‘t wait to start it!

#Scarathlon2022

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Kimberlone
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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Mehso-so

Honestly, I wouldn‘t have read this if it weren‘t for #Scarathlon; crime thriller is not a go-to genre, so the cards were stacked against this book to begin with. There were elements I liked: the sister relationship between Callie and Lee & the honest portrayal of living with chronic pain and addiction. But the overly detailed descriptions of hardcore drug use, sexual/physical assault, and shoehorning COVID into the plot did not work for me.

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Linsy
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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😭😭😭

Darn it, Karin Slaughter, are you trying to destroy me???!!

Very good, very dark. If you want content warnings, I'll respond in the comments with a spoiler warning.

#crime #dailyscarathlonprompts #teamslaughter #spookoween #pointsathon #littenlisten #promptmaze #bookspinbingo #autumnbingo2022 #octoberbookbingo #bodycountbingo #teamread

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Kimberlone
False Witness | Karin Slaughter
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A slow start on #Scarathlon points, but I save up counting all my bingos and movie/tv watching until the end, and the week 2 word search game is always the one that I collect the most points on, so I know they‘ll eventually add up.

Onto week 2!

#TeamSlaughter

Clwojick You did great! Way to go! ☠ 1y
bthegood good job - 🎃 1y
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