Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

9 reviews

nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

2.75

Tykkään siitä miten Gregg Olsen kirjottaa tositapahtumista kuin ne ois fiktiota. Mutta se misogynian ja fat shaming oli ihan överiä tässä kirjassa! Et naiset haluaa vaan olla äitejä ja jos lihot 10 kiloa oot ihan kamalan läski. Yök.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Torture, Slavery, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Murder, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Confinement, Kidnapping, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Death, Gore, Domestic abuse, Child death, and Bullying

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts and Animal cruelty

Minor: Medical content, Terminal illness, and Cancer

bell4trixx's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

3.0

For anyone who is in to true crime. There are parts of this book that is interesting and informative, it does seem like the author did a lot of work researching what happened, but this book could have used a better editor. By the end of it, it really seemed to drag on, I think some of the stories of abuse could have been edited out..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Physical abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Mental illness, and Cursing

Moderate: Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Torture, and Medical content

If you are triggered by abuse not a good read. Good read if you’re in the mood for an in-depth true crime on an abusive family/mother

kahbarrow's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Torture, Medical content, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Drug abuse, Hate crime, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment, Murder, Homophobia, Blood, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Confinement, Bullying, Body shaming, Suicide, Fatphobia, Death, and Sexual content

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Body shaming, Cancer, Child death, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Medical content, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Slavery, Suicide attempt, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Bullying, and Toxic relationship

spookysierra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Animal death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Blood, Vomit, Alcohol, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Alcoholism, Body horror, Cancer, Gaslighting, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Addiction, and Violence

jennay's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

5.0

Such a horrific true story... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Body horror, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Body shaming, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Child abuse, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Fatphobia, Excrement, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Blood, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Violence

akeivens's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Medical content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Child abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Self harm and Cancer

lapluie8's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.0

SHOOKETH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Suicide

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