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thesaltiestlibrarian's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Cancer
impie's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, and Physical abuse
erica_reads_things's review against another edition
4.75
As far as the writing goes, it was pretty well done and attention grabbing. Interesting to listen to, though it does skip around the timelines quite often so it was hard at times to keep track of where things were and how small story tangents fit in. I had to rewind the audio a couple of times to relisten and focus on what was happening. Small qualm with the overall structure or else I would have given it 5 stars. Very tastefully and respectfully done.
Graphic: Physical abuse, Violence, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Confinement, Homophobia, Vomit, Drug use, Fatphobia, Grief, and Excrement
Minor: Medical content, Stalking, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, and Pregnancy
l0ve2h4te's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Incest, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Cancer, Child death, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Torture, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, and Murder
reading_warren's review against another edition
2.5
Frankly, I regret reading this, but I did it for the Amazon Kindle summer reading challenge. I know that it is important to acknowledge survivors and victims, to hear their stories, and be aware of criminals and how they're able to manipulate others and the law to get away with evil acts, but this was just too much, even for someone like myself that avidly (regrettably) listens to a true crime podcast or two.
There's little in the realm of levity or uplifting moments. It's like falling into a pit of despair where each page turn takes you deeper, further into an abyss even when it seems you've hit the bottom. Even when
Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, and Torture
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Animal cruelty, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, and Cancer
Brief, unspoilery as possible, descriptions of trigger warnings (from what I recall): Child abuse:julienicole1106's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Violence, Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Death, and Homophobia
thewoodlandbookshelf's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Torture, Sexual violence, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Fatphobia, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death, Emotional abuse, and Excrement
meltingpages's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Confinement, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Physical abuse
nmi_23's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, Violence, and Emotional abuse
beckyremillard's review against another edition
4.0
However, I was not prepared for the horrors that the victims had to endure. Of course a true crime story discussing murder will have horrendous crimes, but the details of what they experienced - especially first hand from the children - was more than I was expecting.
Honestly, I might not have finished this book, but the beginning describes the sisters in the present. I knew they survived and were doing well today, so once I started reading about the abuse I needed to make it to the end to read about the the survival.
Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Torture, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Violence
Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness