Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

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

23 reviews

chaptercheckout's review against another edition

3.0

dark informative tense medium-paced

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I like the premise and it was well researched. The author jumps around between multiple killers and her own age/experience at that time, which took away from the story to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder

Moderate: Racism, Religious bigotry

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

lexcellent's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism

librarianlyssa's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

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Wow. Incredible, eye-opening, and well-researched. Dark, yes, but the connecting the horrible industrial poisoning (lead, arsenic, etc.) to creating so many demented serial killers is fascinating. Yet, here we are again. Without government regulations and oversight, we are destined to repeat history by allowing corporations to poison our environment and children and sow a new crop of serial killers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Murder, Classism

smilinggiantess's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

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historical/environmental part was fascinating. Detailed descriptions of each specific crime was far too graphic

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Pedophilia, Torture, Murder

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

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.

jclanders's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Cancer, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Classism