Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser

6 reviews

princxporkchop's review against another edition

4.5

dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Really impressed by the scope of this book—weaving together environmental racism, misogyny/misogynoir, classism, US imperialism, the multitudes of violence the US requires domestically, white supremacy, settler colonial reactionaries, and the height of high-profile serial killers—super fascinating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, War, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

sarahpreskitt's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gun violence, Infidelity, Suicide, Excrement, Car accident

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

3.0

dark informative sad medium-paced

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    I wanted to like this book; however, it was extremely repetitive and way too graphic for my taste. I also wish the author had left out a good portion of the book about her childhood. 

    It was an odd mix of autobiography, history, and true crime. I think it could have been at least 100 pages shorter; it was just trying to be too many different books at once. 

  Though I did appreciate the premise of how the age of serial killers was caused by toxic pollution, and how we may have another one if such pollution is allowed to come back. 

   Overall, just meh.

Narrator Rating: 3.0 stars

   The narrator was okay, but nothing special. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: War

valett's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark sad tense

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I'm glad to finally know why my Tacoma-raised dad is batshit and mean (spoiler: heavy metals), but I could've done with roughly 150 fewer pages devoted to describing real-life rape, torture, murder, and necrophilia in depth. A well-researched read that would be more groundbreaking if it were less obsessively lurid.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail

wimzie's review against another edition

5.0

dark informative sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture

Moderate: Pedophilia, Terminal illness

Minor: Addiction, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis

runningdouble's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark informative sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

Connects violence and toxic levels of lead.