Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Não Contes a Ninguém by Gregg Olsen

41 reviews

cxxitlyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

1.5

The writing in this book really ruined it for me. It felt very poor for the first half, after that it just seemed I had grown “used” to it. The events described are horrific, and it’s hard to remember that these are things people truly lived through and experienced. Reading their story is really the only thing that kept me reading. Their events are told in detail though, so this book is not for the faint of heart as some of the things described are incredibly hard to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Bullying, Death, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Fatphobia, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Torture, Toxic friendship, Blood, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Hate crime, Murder, and Homophobia

nerfie's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Violence, Bullying, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

payt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Torture, Violence, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Toxic friendship, Child death, Death, and Emotional abuse

mkrauth12's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child death, Body shaming, Bullying, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, Cancer, Confinement, Mental illness, Slavery, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Torture, and Violence

turtle_camille's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Domestic abuse, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Body horror, Child abuse, and Emotional abuse

soupysammy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Brutal, scary, and heartbreaking. 
I felt afraid reading this and imagining that this could be real life and is real life is unbelievably terrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical trauma, Cancer, Grief, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Vomit, Violence, and Gore

ka_ke's review against another edition

dark emotional informative slow-paced

3.0

I didn’t realize If You Tell was non-fiction until I actually started reading it. But the content of this book reaches a level of dark monstrosity that not even Stephen King himself would write it. The Knotek case is a once-in-a-lifetime look into psychopathy with plenty of theories as to how Shelly Knotek’s early childhood impacted her through out her life until her imprisonment. It also shows just how effective abusive individuals can be with their victims. For Shelly to claim having cancer for literal decades with no one questioning her, its almost amazing to learn about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

erica_reads_things's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.75

Such an incredible story. The things these girls went through are absolutely horrific. What a story of strength and resilience though. Remarkable.

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. 

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Content Warnings

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

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

britb95's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

0.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, Death, Body horror, Violence, Toxic relationship, and Child abuse