Reviews tagging 'Body shaming'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

88 reviews

tcrivera12's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

turnherintoliterature's review

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

ncramer0502's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, 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

abby_c_m's review against another edition

dark emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

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

amy_lp's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

mjd001's review

this book talks about abuse is so many forms. Very disturbing and should have trigger warnings on the cover.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Abandonment

aijah's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

2.75

Tykkään siitä miten Gregg Olsen kirjottaa tositapahtumista kuin ne ois fiktiota. Mutta se misogynian ja fat shaming oli ihan överiä tässä kirjassa! Et naiset haluaa vaan olla äitejä ja jos lihot 10 kiloa oot ihan kamalan läski. Yök.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Medical content