Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

In Cold Blood by Truman Capote

102 reviews

shinumi's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia

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

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.25

This text was jarring in that there was vibrant and comprehensive descriptions of seemingly innocuous details and then facts like Hickock's pedophilic tendencies were dropped into the middle of a paragraph, only to be left and then picked up again after dozens of pages. The descriptions of the Clutters, their family life, their friends, and their pastoral joys made the details of their deaths all the more profoundly upsetting. I appreciated the depth of research that went into this book and the information given on the communities the Clutters and their killers spent time in, but I am also, in some ways, upset with the lengths at which this book works to humanize the killers. It's bitter to feel something akin to empathy with either of them or the men that lived with them on death row.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Cancer, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Child death, and Confinement

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

limabean1011's review

challenging dark informative reflective slow-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pedophilia and Gun violence

mloschi's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

A true crime classic for a reason - beautifully well-written, intimately drawn characters and a grappling with violence that doesn’t seem to glorify or pass judgement. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Minor: Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, and Suicide

dudajoia's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Na introdução da minha edição, quando eu li que o Capote se gabava de ter escrito uma obra-prima, fiquei com um pé atrás com ele, e no fundo quis provar que o livro não era tudo isso. Mas pior que é. Você demora a se acostumar com o ritmo e as descrições muito bem detalhadas de tudo envolto na trama, mas logo cada menção mostra o seu propósito, com o talento e o domínio de texto do Capote piscando o olho pra você. Não esperava o tamanho respeito no texto que (apesar das discussões) afirma ser o primeiro de seu tipo, digo isso depois de consumir muito "true crime". A humanidade latente das páginas toma a sua atenção e seu fôlego como reféns, o que não é fácil para uma história tão cruel e tão triste como essa. Ele é excelente ao mostrar todas as pequenas sombras, as sutilezas, as ironias e o absurdo de tudo isso. Jornalismo literário em excelência. Quanto às críticas, 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Abandonment, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Racism, Pedophilia, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death and Homophobia

lotsofsarah's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Pedophilia

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Violence, Confinement, Abandonment, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, and Gun violence