Reviews tagging 'Cancer'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

46 reviews

beckyremillard's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

This was so hard to read. I wasn’t aware of this story, as all of this occurred before I was born or when I was young. I don’t read many true crime stories, but this one was recommended to me and the summary sounded like thrillers I have read. 

However, I was not prepared for the horrors that the victims had to endure. Of course a true crime story discussing murder will have horrendous crimes, but the details of what they experienced - especially first hand from the children - was more than I was expecting. 

Honestly, I might not have finished this book, but the beginning describes the sisters in the present. I knew they survived and were doing well today, so once I started reading about the abuse I needed to make it to the end to read about the the survival. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Torture, Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer and Terminal illness

lilracc's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Animal death, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Blood

e_sisack's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Torture

kaborn's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ashleycmms's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Murder, Death, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Excrement, Homophobia, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Cancer, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

greycells's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Violence, Child abuse, and Child death

Moderate: Body shaming and Vomit

Minor: Cancer