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Behold the Monster: Confronting America's Most Prolific Serial Killer by Jillian Lauren
3 reviews
caseyundercovers's review
I've never DNFed a book before, but this one broke me.
As a book about a sexualy violent serial killer, I was prepared for a lot of violence, gore, and vulgarity. However, this book took it to an entirely new level of disgusting. The author takes it upon herself to dramatize the murders and presumes to narrate what the victims were thinking and feeling as they died, some of which was so disrespectful that I was outright angry and disgusted to have even read it. And don't even get me started on dick cheese.
As a book about a sexualy violent serial killer, I was prepared for a lot of violence, gore, and vulgarity. However, this book took it to an entirely new level of disgusting. The author takes it upon herself to dramatize the murders and presumes to narrate what the victims were thinking and feeling as they died, some of which was so disrespectful that I was outright angry and disgusted to have even read it. And don't even get me started on dick cheese.
Graphic: Violence, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Murder, Child abuse, Incest, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
yalibrarianjen's review
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
4.75
Graphic: Medical content, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Murder, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Torture, Kidnapping, Mental illness, and Physical abuse
willa_reads_books's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
5.0
i think that this book was really well written. due to the victims and how recent all of these things were discovered, i have not seen much press on these cases and this killer. this is a comprehensive look into his crimes, his victims, and his trial.
Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Racism, Blood, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Death of parent, Drug use, Pandemic/Epidemic, Alcohol, and Drug abuse
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