Reviews tagging 'Rape'

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

78 reviews

lncvyz's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Hate crime

Minor: Pedophilia and Rape

sticky_soul_sticky_soles's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Alcoholism, Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, Child abuse, Death, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent, and Grief

bcooper21's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Grief, Mental illness, Cancer, Rape, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Sexual content, Animal death, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Terminal illness, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Car accident

emilyhcox's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape

moraina's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

This was a very slow read for me. I appreciate that Truman Capote presented everything as factual and didn’t sensationalize, since these were real people that were affected by an awful crime. However, his lengthy descriptions and tedious run-on sentences sometimes made it difficult to stay engaged. I think he did do a fair job representing the events that happened and provided both commentary from a more outside perspective as well as representing how the community felt during these events, but the writing style did lessen my enjoyment of the book.

The descriptions of Dick and Perry’s capture and subsequent trial really did make me think on what is considered substantial evidence and a fair trial. I think Capote also did a good job delving into the ethics of capital punishment. It is interesting to see how much more religion played a role in these matters, given both the time period and geographic location of the events. Exploring the childhood of Perry, in particular, does end up being rather important for understanding the murders. I found the discussion of childhood abuse and the reasons for “murders with no apparent motive” quite interesting as well (although terrible, of course).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Blood, and Gun violence

Moderate: Rape, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal death and Terminal illness

sammiesavors's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Violence, Alcoholism, and Murder

Moderate: Rape and Homophobia

terrificarno's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Child abuse and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Racial slurs, Rape, Racism, and Pedophilia

letiross's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, and Blood

oceanwriter's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

3.0

Before reading, I paid minimal attention to what this book was about. I was halfway through before I realized this is in the true crime genre and not a crime novel. I jumped right into it. Had I realized right away I might have taken it in differently.

In 1959, four members of the Clutter family are murdered in their small-town Kansas home. A well-liked family, their deaths shook the town, and no one was able to figure out a reason as to why. Looking at the background of the Clutters as well as their murderers, we're taken through each movement of the capture and trial. 

Not surprisingly, the writing is fantastic. The biggest issue for me was how slow it was. It picked up in the second half, but by then my interest had dwindled. I'm glad to have read it, though. Again, I might have appreciated the pace more if I'd realized off the bat that this was a work of nonfiction. It's interesting to see how much true crime books have evolved since the time of this book's publication.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racial slurs, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Rape and Pedophilia

voilajean's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Racial slurs, Rape, and Pedophilia