Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse

22 reviews

katunraveled's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

sierrajhansen's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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i really enjoyed the parts of this book that focused on the case but found myself drifting (and strangely a little uncomfortable?) during the parts about the author, especially the parts about her marriage and martial arts. i found it really intriguing in terms of the way football culture can sponsor a crime culture that varies by position.

also, the case being denied and then back on was a little confusing to me.

but overall a pretty good book, just a bit slow at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence

adriso's review against another edition

3.75

challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting

Minor: Torture, Abandonment

comrad3's review against another edition

5.0

dark medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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Described as part literary true crime and part memoir, this book is about Erika Krouse's early career as a private investigator who played a large role in cracking open a landmark sexual assault case. This details not only her interviews with survivors and details about the case itself, but personal stories about her life leading up to the investigation, during, and after. At first, I was worried that I was going to be bored with the memoir side of things. I thought that the true crime stuff was all I was going to care about, but what ended up happening instead was that I cared about both elements. Krouse's own story of survival intertwines with the story of this case in a way that never feels forced or shoe-horned in. The stories of her fraught relationship with her mother were heartbreaking, and her journey with mental illness was relatable. Another nice touch to this book was that there was information sprinkled throughout about all sorts of things that I didn't know much about. I learned about the first ever female private eye in the US, the inception of the Pinkertons, and much, much more. The only reason I docked this down half a star is because I feel....very weird giving a book based around sexual assault 5 stars, but that's a me problem. If you like true crime, memoirs, and non fiction, you should give this one a try: but please heed the trigger warnings online first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Fatphobia, Incest, Slavery, Car accident

Minor: Genocide, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Excrement, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation

leahbindi's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Addiction, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Grief, Gaslighting, Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Violence

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

5.0

challenging tense medium-paced

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Erika has a face that makes strangers tell her their deepest secrets.  After a chance encounter with a lawyer in a bookstore, she finds herself starting a job as a private investigator, despite her lack of formal experience.  The case that dominates the book concerns the pervasive rape culture and constant coverups of the University of Colorado football team.  Herself a survivor of sexual violence, Erika becomes obsessed with the case, her investigation branching off into her own life, into her relationships with the family members who deny, or simply don’t care, that she was sexually abused as a child.  Amidst descriptions of the Colorado landscape—breathtaking yet harsh—Erika learns the tricks of the P.I. trade, offering snippets of the profession’s evolution between recollections of her own research and interviews.  She scrambles to gather enough evidence to make someone do something about the sexual violence faced by her plaintiffs, but it’s not just for them, it’s for her, too.

Tell Me Everything is stunning and fascinating—part memoir, part true crime, but entirely an investigation.  Gabra Zackman’s narration complements the book beautifully.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Grief, Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Blood, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder

cassielaj's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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The content of this book is so difficult to read at times, but so worth it. Erika’s story is like none I’ve ever heard, and you can’t help but listen to her. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts

caregorman's review against another edition

3.75

challenging reflective slow-paced

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Very much invested in the case but wasn’t the best written methinks 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Sexual harassment

emilymhb's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional inspiring medium-paced

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I wish I could give this five stars, but there's something about the way she writes about her experiences and the talent which gave her those experiences which feels off. She also has some questionable interactions (textually AND realistically I assume) with some characters down on their luck, which point out her position on a slightly higher horse than you might expect. Overall a beautiful memoir of a woman cursed and blessed with the talent of pulling out everyone's secrets.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment