Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

15 reviews

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

gh1's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Toxic friendship

eleeowart's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

Read this to pay dues to one of the original crime reporting novels and Capotes journalistic prose made clear why this is a classic. Really enjoyed how it was written (alternating between those investigating, and the actual guilty parties). Capote gave insight into the lives and minds of people who commit these awful motiveless crimes, while still honoring the lives of those lost AND the ones impacted via their line of work. Overall, really well done. 

Didn’t LOVE the racist slurs/phrases used but understand it was reporting and that was the 1950s. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual violence, Mental illness, and Confinement

hoey_girlboss_queen's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

truly captivating book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual harassment, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and Suicidal thoughts

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Dementia, and Gun violence

Minor: Pedophilia and Self harm

amotoquinha's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Racism, Abandonment, Classism, Emotional abuse, and Gun violence

bcooper21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Grief, Mental illness, Cancer, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Car accident

moraina's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

This was a very slow read for me. I appreciate that Truman Capote presented everything as factual and didn’t sensationalize, since these were real people that were affected by an awful crime. However, his lengthy descriptions and tedious run-on sentences sometimes made it difficult to stay engaged. I think he did do a fair job representing the events that happened and provided both commentary from a more outside perspective as well as representing how the community felt during these events, but the writing style did lessen my enjoyment of the book.

The descriptions of Dick and Perry’s capture and subsequent trial really did make me think on what is considered substantial evidence and a fair trial. I think Capote also did a good job delving into the ethics of capital punishment. It is interesting to see how much more religion played a role in these matters, given both the time period and geographic location of the events. Exploring the childhood of Perry, in particular, does end up being rather important for understanding the murders. I found the discussion of childhood abuse and the reasons for “murders with no apparent motive” quite interesting as well (although terrible, of course).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal death and Terminal illness

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Violence, Confinement, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence

emersonseyeball's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Blood, Alcohol, Death, Child abuse, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Gore, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, Chronic illness, Gore, Abandonment, Cursing, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Classism, Domestic abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Xenophobia, Homophobia, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, and Sexual violence