Reviews tagging 'Kidnapping'

Nieuchwytni. Jak rozwiązywałem sprawy z Archiwum X by Paul Holes

28 reviews

katto06's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

I FREAKING LOVED THIS BOOK. As a fan of true crime and crime documentaries this was amazing. I felt like i was listening to a crime documentary and the suspense was chefs kiss. I love how the author made the reader feel like they were there in the moment. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Child death, Murder, Rape, Death, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, and Violence

princesspunx's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Hate crime, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Drug use, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Torture, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Domestic abuse, Self harm, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Suicide

abbie_reads_books's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Child death, Cursing, Torture, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Violence

krymar13's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Grief, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Sexual violence, Confinement, Rape, Death, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, Murder, Domestic abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Blood, Sexual content, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

cass_lit's review against another edition

3.25

On one hand, I think this was an interesting real-life look at the investigative side of true crime. I wasn’t a huge fan of the author’s tone throughout, but I understand that to be in his position you probably need to be a little aloof and detached personality-wise (and we do need people in his position to get the bad guys, unfortunately). I skipped through a lot of the very detailed descriptions of the EAR’s rapes and killings because that’s a hell of a lot more likely to happen to me as a woman than it is to Paul Holes — I guarantee most of us women and enby folks have worried about the same scenario in our head, we don’t need 50 gruesome stories of the same situation for us to imagine the horror. 

I’ll add a few content warnings officially  but in case I forget any — it’s literally anything you can imagine relating to rape and murder. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual violence, Torture, Death, Child death, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative slow-paced

3.0

 This book is about Paul Holes' career as a forensic investigator. and how he helped catch the Golden State Killer. As well as his life, mostly the adult part during his career, and how it affected his life. 

The topic was interesting but the author's writing was a bit repetitive and I zoned out a lot while reading it. Part of that was my messed up sleep and part of it was the writing. It just seemed to drone on a lot. The author was a great narrator. He has a podcast I listen to, but I prefer his co-host's books to his. 

​I listen to a lot of true crime podcasts and at least one true crime book a month, so it's not a new type of content for me. Though I don't read many memoirs, so maybe that's what I didn't like about it. ​ 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Violence, Murder, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Child death, Stalking, Sexual violence, and Trafficking

Moderate: Pedophilia

Minor: Domestic abuse and Drug abuse

elisabethshelby's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

This book is the perfect read for anyone who loves Dateline or solving cold cases.  Paul takes the reader behind the scenes to really understand what goes on when law enforcement reviews old cold cases.  The details are specific, and sometimes even reading what goes on can be a bit jarring to realize.  Hey, let's look at this face covered in maggots to try to determine a time of death.  Oh....ok.

Paul's book mostly looks at his career-long hunt for the Golden State Killer, and his work towards finally tracking down the correct person.  Between his hunt, he looks at other memorable cases he helped with, including Jaycee Duggard, Laci and Connor Petersen, and more.  The stories are well told, and only in a handful of places does the narrative seem to slow down a little too much.  For the most part, this is a well written story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Death, Drug abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, and Child death

sky_maris's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Kidnapping, Child death, Violence, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

kaileeh28's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

5.0

Amazing read. If you are into true crime and a dark read, this is the book. Holes gives such a deep insight to his life as an investigator. Would definitely recommend this book!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Sexual assault, Gore, Sexual content, Stalking, Rape, Sexual violence, and Violence

geekywoman14's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

2.5

It's not a bad book, but it is a sad and heavy book, which is a strange though somehow appropriate mix of an autobiography and unsolved or cold cases accounting but just an overview of mostly the trauma. Definitely not for the faint of heart or someone wanting a deep dive into an individual story. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Hate crime, Violence, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Death, Gore, Murder, Child death, Child abuse, Blood, Body horror, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, and Sexual violence