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emadisonc's review against another edition
5.0
Imagination, of course, can open any door—turn the key and let terror walk right in.
Graphic: Racial slurs and Racism
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia
Minor: Animal death and Suicidal thoughts
paronomaniac's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, and Murder
Moderate: Racial slurs, Child abuse, and Child death
Minor: Animal death and Mental illness
alexisgarcia's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Grief, Animal death, Death of parent, Pedophilia, Animal cruelty, Blood, Gore, Child death, Death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual harassment, Toxic friendship, and Violence
s_mivsek's review against another edition
3.5
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
freedo8quigly's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death and Murder
Minor: Animal death
emy_clemy's review against another edition
5.0
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
calamityin's review against another edition
1.5
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
ashwaar's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Rape, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse
Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
maddypat's review against another edition
4.75
While reading it, though, I couldn't help but think about the current discourse about true crime as a genre. A lot of people feel that true crime seems to focus a lot on the murderers and barely treat the victims as people, and often spreads misinformation about the case or the people involved. I think this is fair to say about a lot of true crime podcasts and, I'm sure, also about a lot of true crime books.
In Cold Blood, I think, does a pretty good job of humanizing the victims. Accounts from friends and family of the Clutters help paint a picture of who they were before they were killed, and throughout the book we never forget how brutal of an end they were met with at the hands of Dick and Perry. But then on the flip side, well over half of the novel is dedicated to talking about those men, their lives leading up to the murder, and what happened following it. After finishing the book and looking up the case, it turns out Capote had actually befriended Perry during his research.
At first, I was not really happy with this. Who are these men, these two people that murdered a whole family
In the end, I think what sets this book apart is that it paints the full picture. Sure I learn a lot about the perpetrators of the crime, but I also am thinking of the victims around every curve, and that is the difference between good true crime and bad.
I know I'll be thinking about this book for a long time. I'd recommend it even for people who don't read much other true crime.
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
anacardosolouren's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Pedophilia, and Rape