Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

The Innocent Man: The True Crime Thriller Behind the Hit Netflix Series by John Grisham

6 reviews

cpoersch's review against another edition

informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

impatientprincess's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

If I could give this book infinity number of stars I would.  It was heartbreaking what these people went through at the hands of a corrupt justice system.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement and Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

carlytenille's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

ashley_wohner's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

2.0

The writing incredibly detailed & I can respect the work that went into researching & writing. However, even for a serious subject, I found it very monotonous. Unfortunately, it seemed to drag on. I wanted to like it more than I did. You could probably skip it for the documentary.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Suicide attempt

lorraine19's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Very in-depth look into this case (along with glances into connected or similar cases) and the issues of the legal system. It also emphasizes the importance of the discovery of DNA evidence. Reads allot like a true crime documentary and draws you in frequently. That being said, some of the language is outdated in regards to mental health and race (can't really fault the author too much - it was 2006) and a little too much god talk for my liking. Bottom line, you're a true crime fan this is a must read despite my minor complaints.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, and Classism

Moderate: Bullying, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement

Injustice, false conviction, manipulation

nerdglasses08's review against another edition

challenging informative sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt