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The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer by Jennifer Jordan, Liza Rodman

17 reviews

_j3ss1ca's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Murder, Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, and Homophobia

kylamunoz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Murder, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

devynreadsnovels's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Addiction, Death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual content, Drug use, Suicide, Rape, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

bookmarkedbyal's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

4.0

Thank you to NetGalley for this copy. 

I gotta start by saying I'm a huge true crime fan. If you don't like true crime you likely won't like this book. 

I'd never heard of Tony Costa but man was he fascinating. I also just find it SO UNREAL how easy it was for someone to murder a person back in the day. He got questioned and would just be like "nah, they just left town" and the cops would be like "oh aight cool!" 😐

His cockiness about not getting caught drove me insane, especially with how gruesome these murders were. The fact that he really was just driving around in the dead girls car .... like what?!? 

It also blows my mind that Liza was just chillin' with a serial killer at 9 years old and had no idea. Sheesh 

Giving it four stars just because there are SO MANY people to keep track of I truly couldn't tell you who some of them are 😂

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, and Death

myantigone's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Gun violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Cannibalism

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.0

This was interesting.

CWs: child abuse/neglect, murder, drug use/abuse, addiction, rape, sexual violence, emotional abuse, sexual assault, parental abandonment, domestic abuse, gore, dismemberment, violence, alcoholism, death, physical abuse, suicide, mental illness, adult/minor relationship, toxic relationship, blood, homophobia, f-slur, misogyny, sexual content. Moderate: animal cruelty, kidnapping, pedophilia, suicidal thoughts, torture, suicide attempt, injury/injury detail, fatphobia, body shaming, self harm, abortion, vomit, excrement.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Self harm, Abortion, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Body shaming, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Fatphobia

nellkristen's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

2.5

It started pretty interesting but I got pretty bored pretty fast. Once I lost interest, I couldn’t get it back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, and Excrement

sblake26's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Addiction

mangofandango's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

2.5

This is mostly a very sad story about the neglect and abuse of the author, which resulted in her being desperate for attention and being left in the random "care" of various adults...and one of those random adults was Tony Costa, a serial killer. It is interspersed with chapters about Tony's life and eventually, his crimes and his arrest. It's an interesting merging of two very different approaches to telling this story, and it works in some respects, but I thought it was a bit clunky and there were sections of it that were kind of a slog. I feel for the author of course, she suffered greatly and overcame a lot, and I don't mean to detract from that. I feel tenderness towards her and wanted to keep her safe. But the structure of this book and the writing did not work well for me. I found myself reading it faster just to be able to move on to the next book in my pile!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Gore, Drug use, and Child abuse

thislibrarylife's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

This book has a great narrative feel, and I love the back and forth of perspectives. I was unfamiliar with Tony Costa, and this book has a really well-rounded view of him. TW for murder, rape, dismemberment, abuse, drug use, alcohol use... All the triggers. 
Recommend for folx who enjoy true crime, like I'll Be Gone in the Dark (McNamara). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence