Reviews tagging 'Blood'

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

38 reviews

palis's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Gun violence

Minor: Sexual violence and Sexual assault

jpellwood's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Death, Torture, Child death, Murder, and 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

kcbbooks0125's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Death, Torture, Suicide, Murder, Gore, Grief, Sexual violence, Rape, Mental illness, Gun violence, Violence, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racism, Racial slurs, and Pedophilia

applesaucecreachur's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

3.0

What made In Cold Blood important is not just its place in history as a leader in modern true crime, but also in its ability to inspire empathy for all involved parties: Victims, killers, the law, and the affected townspeople. Truman Capote was apparently thorough in his collection of accounts. To be sure, this retelling has its problems, not all of which were poorly-aged language; I must wonder about the stories that Capote intentionally or ignorantly omitted. I appreciated this novel for what it was and what it contributes to even, potentially, restorative justice with its empathetic tilt – Alongside its problems, this appears to be an example of thorough journalism. I just don't see myself needing to read it again. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Rape, and Suicide

Minor: Sexism and Fatphobia

lilliansbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Death

Minor: Sexual assault and Pedophilia

hannahchristine's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

3.75

I liked how capote told the story of the murders from a perspective that included the victims as well as the murderers. Even though he did tell the stories of the murderers and made the reader feel quite sympathetic it didn't seem too sensationalized and like he excused the murderers. You could build a connection to the victims as well as the murderers but still could base your opinion on an almost objective retelling. (if you ignored Capote's bias towards Perry Smith, although not sure if he actually like him or if he was just sympathetic) Story telling to its finest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Blood, Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Car accident, and Child abuse

strange's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

It’s hard to really give this book a rating— it’s a 5 on the writing quality and impact, but somehow it just feels like there’s something missing that I can’t quite place. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Pedophilia, Death, Gun violence, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Grief, Mental illness, and Rape

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Cancer, Blood, and Addiction

Please, please, please do not push yourself to read this if you in any way feel you’re not ready

em09's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Animal death

baearles's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence