Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Forever Witness: How Genetic Genealogy Solved a Cold Case Double Murder by Edward Humes

8 reviews

radmartigan's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Rape

apersonfromflorida's review

dark emotional informative

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Bullying

Minor: Suicide and Dementia

librarymouse's review

challenging emotional mysterious fast-paced

5.0

Tanya's poetry, scattered throughout this book is so incredibly poignant and beautiful. Edward Humes does a fantastic job humanizing the victims of violent crimes, such that the story of how they died and/or how their lives were changed forever doesn't become a story about the perpetrator of the crime. He weaves the stories of those who loved them, after they were lost, into the continued narrative, showing how life hiccups at a profound loss, and then moves on, fundamentally changed and damaged by the sudden and horrific ripping away of someone dear. These people deserve readers to care and know their stories, and their families deserve closure. DNA genealogy's integrat on into police work can be a slippery slope, as the limits of what DNA can tell you about yourself are expanded at a rapid clip. The risk of abuse is great, but the value of closure given to those left behind after an unsolved murder, or the closure of finding justice against the perpetrator of a violent assault seems worth the risk, where we currently stand with our understanding of the human genome.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Incest, Sexual assault, Suicide, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Death, Gore, Hate crime, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Terminal illness, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Mental illness, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Chronic illness and Cancer

Minor: Dementia

muzzfuzz's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

dnlrbchd's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Sexual assault, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Bullying

debimorton's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

Genetic genealogy for criminal cases. Jay & Tanya murder  the first trial. Detective Scharf. Precious Jane Doe. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Xenophobia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

sarahaf712's review

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Body horror, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Gun violence

fanchera's review

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Sexual violence, and Rape

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Suicide