Reviews tagging 'Death'

If You Tell: A True Story of Murder, Family Secrets, and the Unbreakable Bond of Sisterhood by Gregg Olsen

196 reviews

kaelizaco's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Gaslighting

turtle_camille's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Murder

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

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gun violence

purpleshamrock's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

akeivens's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Cancer and Self harm

ka_ke's review against another edition

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

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

madsreads_'s review against another edition

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

ljdick119's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

rstoner91011's review against another edition

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

thesaltiestlibrarian's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Cancer