Reviews tagging 'Racism'

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

51 reviews

seforana's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Confinement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Pedophilia, Toxic friendship, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Chronic illness, Body horror, Sexual harassment, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Medical content, Blood, Grief, Sexual content, Violence, and Gore

emadisonc's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Imagination, of course, can open any door—turn the key and let terror walk right in.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts

racheltrow_'s review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Murder

Moderate: Rape

eawilson36's review

2.75

It was fine except for the racism

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Racial slurs

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

js304808's review against another edition

mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, and Racism

Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis and Animal cruelty

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

halaagmod's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad

4.0

Extremely chilling, but utterly timeless in subject, artistry, and legacy.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Blood

Moderate: Racism, Violence, Racial slurs, and Rape

Minor: Pedophilia and Hate crime

katadamz's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

Coming out of this novel, I respect Truman Capote as a storyteller and master of the English language even more than I did before. However, he did lose any credibility as a journalist or as someone with reasonable taste in men (

allegedly, he was in love with the murderer Perry Smith

). 

I am glad I finally finished the novel. My initial impression trying to read it over a decade ago was that I would happily read a book about small town American life written by Capote, but that the brutality of these murders was hard to stomach. I stand by that assessment, especially as it crawled to the conclusion, with Capote's focus narrowing onto

Leavenworth's death row

to an almost disturbing focus. The prose though, is beautiful and sparse, in a beautiful mid-20th century style. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Racial slurs

Moderate: Racism, Rape, Homophobia, and Pedophilia

lynnzee's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Racism, Pedophilia, Gun violence, and Violence