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lilytheravenclaw's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide
Minor: Cursing, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, and Car accident
library_dreamer's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Racial slurs, Rape, and Murder
archiedh's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault
ethrbo's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, and Rape
strange's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, and Grief
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Please, please, please do not push yourself to read this if you in any way feel you’re not readytansybradshaw's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Pedophilia and Racial slurs
charlotte2609's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Racial slurs
athereaderofbooks's review against another edition
2.0
I will give kudos to a couple of aspects of this book:
1. It was organized in a notable way. It started with showing the past of both the victims and their killers. Their environments were taken into consideration and you developed an idea of their character. Later it led to the investigation and we found out how the murder occurred through confessionals. Truman Capote followed the case until its conclusion.
But despite these factors, I hated this book. This is the first time that I have read a true crime book, and this most definitely affected my rating, but this was horrific. Why would I want to read about an entire family being murdered
On top of this, there have been multiple people who have contested the accuracy of this book, saying that there were many pieces of opinion inserted and falsehoods added into the book. (Not just random people online, but people who themselves have analyzed this crime.)
This dragged on and on with a really excessive form of writing and the only interest I had was finishing this book so I could get it over with, understand what happened, and try to forget it.
And to me, most importantly, there were multiple instances where racial, homophobic, and in general degrading slurs were used. This includes but is not limited to the n-word, the f slur, and out-of-date referrals to Asian, Black, and Native American people.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Physical abuse, Excrement, Kidnapping, Abandonment, and War
cherryredmarlene's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
isammv's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Death, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Minor: Child abuse and Car accident