Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Hell's Princess: The Mystery of Belle Gunness, Butcher of Men by Harold Schechter

4 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

informative mysterious reflective slow-paced

3.0

The story of Indiana's female Bluebeard. Did she die in the fire? Or did she stage the scene of one of her many crimes?
I think my biggest problem with this book was the narrator, he was soo boring! Overall, the book was interesting, but the narrator put me to sleep at times. He was so monotonous, with little emotion. 
I learned more about Belle Gunness' potential accomplice, but most of the other information about her wasn't new.  But it was quite in-depth. 
I was horrified by how people who lived near the area acted flocking to the crime scene. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Violence, Child death, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Child death

bookedfortheweekend's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Child death

thepeachmartini's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

2.0

The beginning of the story of Belle Gunness is interesting and pulls you in - you definitely want to know more! But as things progress, the story is drawn out and becomes more of a case overview. I really had trouble slogging through this one; in fact it took me an entire month to finish it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Blood, and Child death

There are some graphic descriptions of the crime scenes which some may find unnecessary.