Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

18 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

greeneyed_ives's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Racism, Gun violence, and Racial slurs

michbrito's review

challenging dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Torture, Body horror, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs, Adult/minor relationship, and Racism

Minor: Drug use, Alcohol, and Sexual assault

alexxrose's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Racism, Child death, Murder, Blood, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

This book entirely centre's around Charles Manson's cult called "The Family" and the famous murders they committed in 1969. There's a lot of uncomfortable sexual content described by former cult members and of course the members were experiencing brain washing at Manson's hands. I didn't think gaslighting is the correct way of describing it as it's far deeper than that.

meow_meow68's review

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Sexual assault, Xenophobia, Blood, Cursing, Death, Racism, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Murder, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, and Racial slurs

eileengoodrich's review

dark informative tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

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

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

katiej's review

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Racism, and Murder

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