Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Nieuchwytni. Jak rozwiązywałem sprawy z Archiwum X by Paul Holes

100 reviews

loriley's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

3.0

While the stories the author have to tell are very interesting my main takeaway from this book is how sad I am for his wives and children. He obviously is such a shitty husband and absentee father. He obviously thinks very highly of himself and doesn’t seem capable of understanding his children’s and wives’ perspectives. Also the narration from the actual cases jumps around a bit. Overall ok

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual assault, Murder, Child death, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Death, Rape, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, and Alcohol

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

This was good, but hard to read at times. The different cases he talked about were very interesting and it was interesting to see the behind the scenes and how investigations work. I also liked learning more about the golden state killer and his friendship with Michelle. The only thing I didn’t like was hearing about his horrible marriages. I get why he talked about them because the job took over his life, but I didn’t care. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Drug use, Child abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Addiction, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Grief, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, and Death

dale1997's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Child death, Suicide, Confinement, Kidnapping, Rape, Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

3cyrus's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

mahmabaer's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

This was the longest audiobook I have listened to up to date, and it was also the most challenging.  Paul Holes knows his job and he does it well, and he doesn't shy away from some of the more graphic aspects of his work.  There were several times I almost stopped listening because I didn't know if I could stomach the information.  Hearing about

rapes, abuse, dead bodies, murdered children and brutal crime scenes

is not for the faint of heart or the middle of the night.  I found that most times, if I stopped, put on a funny video and gave myself a break, I could get back to the story and make it through the darkness and onto the next chapter.  Though the thing that has been the most unsettling was a brief, passing comment that had no merit in the story, and it hasn't left me since I heard it (

when the marriage councilor told him that most people's spouses dont want to hear about a baby being put in boiling water

), which I assume is a crime scene he had to attend that I hope to God never ever ever happened, and yet, I know it did.

While, surprisingly, I found the scientific and legalistic aspects of Paul's story fascinating and compelling, I struggled a bit with the personal aspects of Paul's story.  I haven't decided if I find Paul to be a man who recognizes his faults and accepts them, specifically when it comes to his family and marriages, or whether I am turned off by the bravado and arrogance that comes through at times in respect to his job and the satisfaction he gets from being so good at it.  I have never met the man, but I suspect the truth falls somewhere in the middle -- that he's just a guy who is another imperfect human, like the rest of us, trying to make up for those imperfections the best way he knows how.  He makes mistakes and tries to fix them, and in doing so, he either fixes things or makes more mistakes.  In short, he puts his pants on one leg at a time like any other man -- his pants just happen to be plastic coveralls, to protect him from the crime scene evidence he has to handle.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Torture, Murder, Mental illness, Gore, Child death, Pedophilia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Suicide, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Emotional abuse, Blood, Physical abuse, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Child abuse

Minor: Alcoholism

jiao_li's review against another edition

dark emotional tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Pedophilia, Rape, and Murder

thatsssorachael's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape

emily_mae08's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Stalking, Death, Blood, Child death, Gun violence, and Sexual violence

ashley_wohner's review against another edition

dark informative tense slow-paced

3.25

I have to admit, I wimped out on I'll be Gone in the Dark, so I liked this more removed perspective. The pacing felt too slow, and it seemed like awkwardly spaced/timed outside information.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Rape, Sexual violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Physical abuse

kylosten's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Violence, and Murder