Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Devil in the White City (Abridged): Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson

41 reviews

stacylaughs's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Torture

Moderate: Violence, Confinement, Child death, and Kidnapping

Minor: Pandemic/Epidemic and Alcoholism

abbimmorgan's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

2.5

This is such an interesting concept and it’s hard to believe the story is true. But, I thought I’d like this book a lot more. The premise should make for a 5/5 book and this just didn’t do it for me. At times I felt rather bored, surprisingly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Child death

Moderate: Torture

kingsteph's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child death, Confinement, Murder, Violence, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Xenophobia, Abortion, Pregnancy, Rape, Child abuse, Racial slurs, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Suicide, Medical content, and Animal death

kenley11's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Abortion, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Child death, Death, and Gore

lulugirl297's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Emotional abuse, Child death, Child abuse, Body horror, Abandonment, Violence, Lesbophobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, Death, Toxic friendship, Suicide, and Confinement

mysterymom40's review against another edition

challenging informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Murder, Torture, and Blood

kellyofcali's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.75

This is a well written book that crosses two related subjects - one, the world's fair, and two, a serial killer. I found both interesting, which means he did a good job, though I did find it dragged on a little long towards the denouement of both storylines. It's also a little confusing what is real vs. not, though I know that bothers some people more than others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Death, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Confinement, and Grief

Minor: Fire/Fire injury and Sexism

magosti1's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

2.0

Deeply disturbing true crime novel about a serial killer in Chicago while the worlds fair was being built. Too disturbing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Torture, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, and Kidnapping

joviyanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Suicide, Torture, Child death, Death, and Mental illness

camilleion's review against another edition

informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

90% architectural history, 10% true crime.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Infidelity, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Suicide, Abandonment, and Mental illness