Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

88 reviews

erikathomas998's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Child abuse, Abandonment, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Confinement, and Death

wildroseoftexas's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

4.0

Heartbreaking. 

The author did an excellent job putting a horrific situation into a book. The book read like a novel and I often caught myself thinking there was no way this wasn’t fiction from a seasoned thriller author. 

I took one star because the timeline jumps back and forth were sometimes hard to follow and I had to reread a page to make sure I was following correctly. 

An important read to understand and be aware of signs of abuse and why victims, especially children, may struggle to ask for help or give light to the truth of what’s happening to them. 

Many many many trigger warnings. And don’t Google the mom after you’re done reading unless you want to scream and rage over the injustice of it all.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Death, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Child death, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Blood, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

shiv91's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This was not an easy book to read. It's based on a true story, which makes it all the more disturbing. I'm glad that the 3 sisters got through it together and that there were repercussions for their parents (not enough, in my opinion)

I have absolutely zero sympathy for the father and I think him playing as if he's another victim is gross.

I wasn't a fan of how the book was written. I know the author interviewed various people and had to use these to piece together different points of views for the book, but it felt really awkwardly written. I think this made it annoying to read. 

So me not giving 5 stars is not to do with the heartwrenching story but with the actual writing style.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Child death, Murder, Physical abuse, Confinement, Death, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Cancer, Blood, Domestic abuse, and Torture

melly82092's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I don't think I have ever read a story more painful and gut wrenching then this one. The Author did an excellent job re-telling the events through the POV of those involved. This one is going to haunt me for quite awhile, I can feel it... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Death, Body shaming, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Torture, Murder, Mental illness, Cursing, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Drug use, Cancer, and Blood

mtehan7's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Torture, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Homophobia, Abandonment, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Cancer, Child death, Emotional abuse, Slavery, Violence, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

cxxitlyn's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

1.5

The writing in this book really ruined it for me. It felt very poor for the first half, after that it just seemed I had grown “used” to it. The events described are horrific, and it’s hard to remember that these are things people truly lived through and experienced. Reading their story is really the only thing that kept me reading. Their events are told in detail though, so this book is not for the faint of heart as some of the things described are incredibly hard to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Bullying, Death, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Fatphobia, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Torture, Toxic friendship, Blood, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Hate crime, Murder, and Homophobia

mob333's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Drug abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Bullying

nerfie's review

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Violence, Bullying, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide attempt, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Body horror, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Emotional abuse

janeleef's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Child abuse, Child death, Toxic relationship, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Violence, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Death, Blood, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, and Murder

lydiasturges's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

Horrifying story that was told in such a respectful and informative way. Did not feel exploitative at all. It was clear the family wanted the story to be told on their terms.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Torture, Blood, Violence, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Cursing