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isammv's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Car accident and Child abuse
brittishliterature's review against another edition
4.75
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, and Rape
fancy_franci's review against another edition
5.0
Minor: Child abuse and Pedophilia
katya_orlova's review against another edition
3.5
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
akissforcatullus's review against another edition
3.5
My biggest qualm is how noticeably biased this book can be towards Perry. Now, this goes without saying that Perry’s tragic life does deserve sympathy, but, it just seems unreliable at times; invoking slight scepticism and concern as to whether something actually happened or was just contrived or hypothesised by the writer. This applies, too, with the Clutter family’s personal life. There are parts I feel that were added and elongated insincerely, like Bonnie’s illnesses and strifes. Also want to add, this book did initiate this momentary hyper-vigilance on my part. I usually am a kind of vigilant person, but upon reading this book I felt an already existing fear become substantiated and intensified. I can’t say it’s necessarily a bad thing, but it certainly was haunting.
Regardless of my personal negative emotion towards this book, it deserves credit for the sheer amount of effort put into it as well as its execution. I commend the writing for keeping me fairly interested despite my hesitance in continuing—of course certain chunks of information felt at times superfluous, but I appreciated it nonetheless. The unreliability, the—what essentially was—confirmation bias, the gruesomeness of the murders, the horrid themes, the occasionally tedious bits of information, all retracted a 4 star rating. I also didn’t feel pleased with giving it a 4 or higher star as I don’t particularly enjoy novels of this nature, no matter how well it may be written. I hope this review is coherent. I’m too tired to map out exactly what I wanted to say as well as what was said.
There’s a lot missing out. There’s a lot more I want to express, like my deep anguish for the poor family, and how certain parts of the novel will probably remain cemented in my mind, but I’ll leave it for you, dear reader, to experience it for yourself. (Edit: I advise you not to, actually. Thinking back on it now, I could’ve lived life perfectly fine having not read this book. So, no, despite how dedicated the author was, this is not a book I recommend.)
Graphic: Racism, Toxic friendship, Murder, Violence, Racial slurs, Child abuse, and Death
Moderate: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Minor: Suicide, Homophobia, and Pedophilia
meganpbennett's review against another edition
2.5
I found In Cold Blood not what I expected. It wasn't gripping or page turning (in fact, I think I finished it out of pure desire to finish it and not because I especially liked it). I wasn't a huge fan of the writing style, nor of the emphasis placed on how non-remorseful Perry and Dick were over the whole thing.
Graphic: Murder, Death, Violence, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Grief, Child abuse, and Cursing
Moderate: Pedophilia and Child death
houndoflove1985's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Death, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, and Mental illness
Minor: Abandonment, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Racism
cjfrank1's review against another edition
2.75
Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Racism
carsonlott's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, and Vomit
creativeerosion's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Racial slurs, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Confinement, Eating disorder, and Pedophilia