Reviews tagging 'Blood'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

77 reviews

katepruett's review

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

disgusting and disturbing and violent and engaging AND TRUE. the way that this book is written sucked me in so deep. the ending moved a little quick for how long I felt invested, but maybe that’s just how true crime is? 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Drug abuse and Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

n4yma's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

bookishwhims's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

5.0

This was perhaps one of the darkest  and most disturbing books I have ever read. What made this book even harder to stomach is that this isn't a work of fiction.
 If you are going into this account of the heinous crimes of Shelly Knotech with the expectation of getting answers as to "why" a person does something like this or what turned her into a person who could do these things, you will be disappointed. The goal of this book is to tell the story of her victims and perhaps her longest-suffering victims, her daughters. This is the story of three sisters' horrific abuse at the hands of the person(s) meant to love and protect them most in the world. I'm not  leaving this book with all the answers I'd like nor am I leaving feeling as though justice was achieved, but that is true with most crimes. 
This book and this story, I fear, is going to stick with me for a very long time.

*Check tw*
*audiobook*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

maruchan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

I don't know how to rate this book.

Should I give if five stars so people know I recommend it?

I feel bad giving a rating to an experience so raw.

What happened to this girl's is simply awful. Can't be put into words. Please know that this is a really painful read. It will stay with me for a long, long time. 

How can a person be so rotten inside? We will never know. I feel so bad knowing she was released from jail. Justice wasn't served enough.

Please read this. Even tho it's hard, the sisters deserve their story to be known. 

This book was so well written, it felt like fiction. I wish it was fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

your_geekygf's review

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

2.0

This book is a true story but it is unbelievable. It is graphic, sad and frustrating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Rape

goosiana's review against another edition

dark tense

3.5

It was good. I can't believe what this mother and father (if you can call them that) did. It had everything you would need to tell a story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty

redrose90's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Can be triggering for some

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Excrement

hhanock's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

jessikkaha's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

It’s hard to give this book such a high rating for the difficult content it contained. But the retelling of this story and how it brought to light stories of abuse was very well written. Sending so much positive energy and peace to the girls. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

tayreads10's review

It was absolutely sickening especially knowing this was a true story. I couldn't stomach it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail