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sylviea28's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Cursing, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Rape, Violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death of parent, Blood, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual violence, and Child death
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Car accident, Suicidal thoughts, Abandonment, Xenophobia, and Toxic relationship
graysondyed's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Death, Child abuse, Grief, Murder, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Racial slurs
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
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
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
gh1's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Blood, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic friendship
reiley_61's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death
Moderate: Rape, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Homophobia, and Cursing
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
sarasreading's review against another edition
3.25
It's also probably the first book where I've had to write out all the names, because the first third or so of the book throws dozens of people at you, some you never really see again, and some you do. So it's hard to know who is going to be important until the story unfolds.
Also, as you get deeper into the book, it becomes less about the true crime, and morphs into a study of the killers' lives, one in particular. By the end it's obvious that this was done to show that criminal psychology is complex and not as black and white as it was believed back in the 1950s. But the reader doesn't really know that while slogging through the middle of the book, which is bogged down with pages and pages of letters and biopyschosocial history.
Still, glad I read it, and it's probably a must for any true crime lover.
Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Child death, Racial slurs, and Gun violence
Moderate: Pedophilia
amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition
3.5
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
_carmel_'s review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Child death
Moderate: Violence, Death, Cursing, Classism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Pedophilia, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Hate crime, Gun violence, Addiction, Abortion, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Gore, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Racism, Medical trauma, and Alcohol