Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

88 reviews

lizzyspooks's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.5

Rating is not based on the recounting of the crimes. This is a truly tragic story, but written in a way that was repetitive and, at times, hard to keep reading.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

soupysammy's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Brutal, scary, and heartbreaking. 
I felt afraid reading this and imagining that this could be real life and is real life is unbelievably terrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Medical trauma, Cancer, Grief, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Vomit, Violence, and Gore

akeivens's review

dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Bullying, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Violence, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Drug abuse, Medical content, Slavery, Torture, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Child abuse, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Self harm and Cancer

ka_ke's review

dark emotional informative slow-paced

3.0

I didn’t realize If You Tell was non-fiction until I actually started reading it. But the content of this book reaches a level of dark monstrosity that not even Stephen King himself would write it. The Knotek case is a once-in-a-lifetime look into psychopathy with plenty of theories as to how Shelly Knotek’s early childhood impacted her through out her life until her imprisonment. It also shows just how effective abusive individuals can be with their victims. For Shelly to claim having cancer for literal decades with no one questioning her, its almost amazing to learn about. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Torture, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt

madsreads_'s review

dark sad slow-paced

2.0

as you can see by all the content warnings - a grim read. also felt like the author was kind of revelling in the vivid descriptions of abuse????? the story felt almost fictional in the way it was written, unlike other true crime I have read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Mental illness, Murder, Alcoholism, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Suicide, Bullying, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Violence

ljdick119's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

rstoner91011's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

4.5

Such a great book about a psycho narcissistic mother who proves the love and bond of sisters can  overcome anything! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Death, and Emotional abuse

thesaltiestlibrarian's review

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Mental illness, Murder, Abandonment, Blood, Cursing, Death, Grief, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, Violence, Vomit, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Cancer

lapluie8's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.0

SHOOKETH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Slavery, Violence, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual violence, Slavery, and Suicide

schohayes's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.5

Oh this book was heartbreaking. Easily the saddest, most horrific story I’ve ever read. I could not stop thinking about it, even when I wasn’t reading it. Definitely read at your own discretion, it’s not gonna be for everyone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, and Suicide