Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

The Babysitter: My Summers With a Serial Killer by Jennifer Jordan, Liza Rodman

15 reviews

kylamunoz's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Murder, and Drug use

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

myantigone's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Murder, Sexual assault, Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, Death, and Drug abuse

Moderate: Physical abuse, Rape, Gun violence, and Adult/minor relationship

Minor: Infidelity, Pregnancy, and Cannibalism

librarymouse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.5

The Babysitter shows life in Provincetown MA in the 1906s through a mix of personal memoir and synthesizing a timeline of Tony Costa's life and crimes. There was an astounding amount of casual drug use, alcoholism, and a combination of the two, and the manic energy that cocktail of drugs creates was captured really well by Rodman's descriptions of the adults in her life. It was fully not the intention of the book, but having friends from MA and fond memories of visiting them, the vivid description of Portuguese foods and familiar locations made me smile. The happy memories Liza Rodman shares are intimate and nostalgic. This book is written with stunning detail, showing both the best and the worst the era and location had to offer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Rape, Murder, Suicide, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Gore, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Cannibalism, Car accident, and Homophobia

Minor: Incest

technobabble's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.0

This was interesting.

CWs: child abuse/neglect, murder, drug use/abuse, addiction, rape, sexual violence, emotional abuse, sexual assault, parental abandonment, domestic abuse, gore, dismemberment, violence, alcoholism, death, physical abuse, suicide, mental illness, adult/minor relationship, toxic relationship, blood, homophobia, f-slur, misogyny, sexual content. Moderate: animal cruelty, kidnapping, pedophilia, suicidal thoughts, torture, suicide attempt, injury/injury detail, fatphobia, body shaming, self harm, abortion, vomit, excrement.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Self harm, Abortion, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Body shaming, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Fatphobia

tarynwanderer's review against another edition

challenging dark sad slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Suicide

sblake26's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, Alcoholism, and Addiction

jillterry22's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

4.0

Listened on audiobook. Read like a true crime podcast, which I enjoyed. Interesting story and cautionary tale about how upbringing affects our psyche. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Domestic abuse, and Sexual assault

mangofandango's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

2.5

This is mostly a very sad story about the neglect and abuse of the author, which resulted in her being desperate for attention and being left in the random "care" of various adults...and one of those random adults was Tony Costa, a serial killer. It is interspersed with chapters about Tony's life and eventually, his crimes and his arrest. It's an interesting merging of two very different approaches to telling this story, and it works in some respects, but I thought it was a bit clunky and there were sections of it that were kind of a slog. I feel for the author of course, she suffered greatly and overcame a lot, and I don't mean to detract from that. I feel tenderness towards her and wanted to keep her safe. But the structure of this book and the writing did not work well for me. I found myself reading it faster just to be able to move on to the next book in my pile!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Gore, Drug use, and Child abuse

thislibrarylife's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

This book has a great narrative feel, and I love the back and forth of perspectives. I was unfamiliar with Tony Costa, and this book has a really well-rounded view of him. TW for murder, rape, dismemberment, abuse, drug use, alcohol use... All the triggers. 
Recommend for folx who enjoy true crime, like I'll Be Gone in the Dark (McNamara). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence