Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

19 reviews

ljwrites85's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

3.0

I've heard so many people recommend In Cold Blood if you love true crime and I got a copy out from my library recently.

I knew nothing about the murder of the Clutter family in the small town of Holcomb, Kansas before reading this novel and I think you don't really need to, to appreciate the novel.

The novel's tone was dark, gritty and, at times, disturbing. Be warned, there are several racial slurs and misogyny throughout the book.  

I understand why it's seen as a 'classic' within the true crime genre. The writing itself while talking about such gruesome things is almost poetic, with insights into both the Clutter family's minds and the killers expertly built up from interviews and news articles. I can admire how much work and time to compile it.

All that being said, the pace started off well, then became almost achingly slow with a lot of details that I thought were unnecessary.

For instance, after the pair of killers were caught, there's an entire section about their incarceration and the other killers who were on death row with them.

That being said, if you have an interest in true crime or the psychology of killers, I would still recommend you read this.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Racism, and Violence

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

somelibrarychick's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Rape, Alcoholism, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

goldyyy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative sad tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Racism, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Murder, Child death, Classism, Death, Gore, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

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

archiedh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Child abuse

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

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging dark sad

3.0

 CWs: Blood, child death, death, death of parent, gore, gun violence, grief, injury/injury detail, mental illness (paranoid schizophrenia), murder, suicidal thoughts, violence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

katya_orlova's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence