Reviews tagging 'Murder'

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

168 reviews

kealajaye's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

5.0

Beautifully written, disturbing story that keeps you guessing. I liked that the story came full circle and ended on a very humane note. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

kylielf's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective tense slow-paced

3.25

I originally thought this book was going to be a murder mystery but it read more so as a documentary-style recalling. I thought the writing was good and the book was well crafted, it just was not in my taste. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Pedophilia

nammi96's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

A classic for a reason. Taking an already interesting case and expanding on the everything that happened. I appreciated hearing about the background of the murders and what drove them to do it, no matter how inexcusable the crime was.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

clareehebert's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Mental illness

Minor: Rape

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

innae's review against another edition

3.5

One of those books on so many “read before you die” lists..and while I am still pretty sure I have read this book previously now I know I have read it.  It is interesting that is one of the first true stories told like a novel rather than a text of facts.   And it goes from before the crime to conviction to execution.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

sophiaroesler's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Minor: Racial slurs, Rape, and Pedophilia

onlyonebookshelf's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Gore

Moderate: Racial slurs, Rape, and Sexual violence

enchantingreads's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.25

This book was so slow. I spent most of the book very confused because the author Truman Capote was all over the place. There were no breaks between what he was talking about. I also didn’t like how there were no chapters, instead it was a 4 part books, which confused me even more, nothing was separated. The writing style also confused me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Rape

they do not go into full detail about the rape. It is just mentioned that one of the suspect was tempted to rape someone. They also do mention that one of the suspects also had a thing for little girls.