Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi

4 reviews

emory's review

challenging dark

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Child abuse, Racism, Drug use, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Antisemitism, and Genocide

another_dahlia's review

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Torture, Child death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Racism, Toxic relationship, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

babs4205's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Racism, Racial slurs, and Violence

angelicathebookworm's review

dark informative tense slow-paced

4.0

Since Bugliosi was the prosecuting attorney in the Mason trial he had unique first-hand insight into the case and all of the proceedings. Because of this fact, this is probably the most meticulously written, well researched and presented True Crime story I have read to date. I don’t think anybody else could’ve written this book better. It is so detailed, in fact, that the actual crimes are described in such graphic detail and even saying that isn’t enough to prepare you for how shocking and heinous the content of the text is. Bugliosi uses clear and simple language in an incredibly objective way which is not only important for factual accounts but helps the reader to navigate this detailed text as easily as possible. While it is an insightful read, I do need to stress the graphic nature of the text as that’s an important factor to consider before adding it to your TBR.

This isn’t actually a criticism but rather something important to note about this book. While the book covers the actual crimes in vivid detail, the majority of the text covers the trial with all of the evidence and witness statements etc. It’s definitely not the True Crime read to start off with if you’re new to the genre. It’s a beast of a text and so I’d recommend taking your time with this one as it’s quite dense and there’s loads of information that you’ll need time to digest properly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Medical content, Sexual content, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Incest, Physical abuse, and Blood