Reviews tagging 'Gore'

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

11 reviews

local_library_rat's review

It’s not that the book is bad. It’s just not what I’m interested in reading at the moment. I’ll definitely come back to it when the time is right. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore

itsgnat's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Murder, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Violence, Mental illness, and Pregnancy

sphelps269's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Drug abuse, Murder, and Death

Moderate: Racial slurs, Sexual content, Cursing, Blood, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Adult/minor relationship

stobblin's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

By far one of the best books I've ever read! Even knowing the what, how and why previously to reading, it was still gripping and informative all the way through. 

It is understandable why this book is one of the best selling true crime books of all time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Child death, Gaslighting, Violence, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racial slurs, Blood, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, and Gore

abundance_of_fiction's review

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Reread this year as I was coming off of a Bailey Sarian True Crime kick to cope with a book slump. This novel is such a dense recounting of one of the darkest true crime stories that I have ever heard. While it is no wonder that American society was, and still is, grotesquely fascinated by the Manson murders, this novel always makes me wonder just how people can go so far. It is crazyyyy to think that cult influences can lead people to go so far. While we all know the out come, this novel takes you deep into the details and potential timeline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Body horror, Blood, Rape, Violence, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Racism, Death, Drug use, Hate crime, Murder, Sexual violence, Addiction, Religious bigotry, Torture, Classism, and Alcohol

aegireads's review

challenging dark medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Rape, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Sexism, Death, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Torture, and Drug use

Minor: Homophobia, Antisemitism, and War

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

anmariefweeks's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, Rape, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Gore, Body horror, Violence, Torture, Mass/school shootings, Hate crime, Emotional abuse, Blood, Antisemitism, Addiction, Murder, Drug abuse, and Mental illness

eldritch_flower's review

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

3.5

 Looks like I'm still on my true crime kick. And honestly, I'm not sure why I read this book over one about a more obscure case. Goodness knows Manson gets more attention than he deserves, and yet here I am reading this book anyways. Don't worry, my therapist and I are working through why I enjoy books like this so much(and no, I do not glorify these disgusting people and if you do, go fuck yourself).

Anyways, this was a well written book for the most part. There's a lot of information about the murders, the reasoning, and inside court details. What really got me was the respect for the victims in this book. I find that a lot of books on true crime forget that the victims are people with families, lives, dreams, fears, and everything like that. This author doesn't forget it.

It was good over all. Not too graphic for people who might be new to true crime, but still doesn't shy away from how disgusting Manson is. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Murder, Racism, and Racial slurs

rickyogix's review

dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, and Violence