Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

46 reviews

graysondyed's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Grief, Murder, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Racial slurs

bzzylz's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs

Minor: Sexual assault, Sexism, Rape, Murder, Physical abuse, and Child abuse

paronomaniac's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Child abuse, and Child death

Minor: Animal death and Mental illness

s_mivsek's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

3.5

Well written, would recommend to people who enjoy real crime; just not my cup of tea

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Gore, Physical abuse, Death, Confinement, Violence, Murder, Child abuse, and Blood

Moderate: Racial slurs, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Infidelity, Grief, Dysphoria, and Abandonment

Minor: Cancer, Animal death, Self harm, Death of parent, and Suicidal thoughts

emy_clemy's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Mass/school shootings, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Violence, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Cancer, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Chronic illness, Gore, Domestic abuse, Child death, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Murder, Excrement, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal death, Confinement, Cursing, Racism, Ableism, Medical trauma, Pedophilia, Suicide, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Car accident

kfergy's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Considered the first contemporary "true crime novel," the writing is very compelling and the quotes from and conversations between characters/witnesses is a really interesting approach to telling the story. It makes me wonder slightly about creative licence on the part of the author, but I dig it. Huge warning for racist slurs though - you could say it goes with the territory for the place and time, but a warning nonetheless. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Violence, Murder, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexual content and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Cancer, Pedophilia, Child abuse, and Mental illness

earofthedog's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcoholism

calamityin's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

1.5

While it's one of the cornerstones for True Crime as a literary phenomena, it's incredibly insensitive to the victims and those around them.  It's frankly a bit disgusting the way that Capote describes these horrible acts as if they didn't happen to real people who had real hopes and dreams and lives.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Classism, Death, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Racism, and Car accident

Minor: Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Animal cruelty

quinoa_x_chaos's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Chronic illness, and Abandonment

Minor: Pedophilia

willowchloe's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Child abuse