Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

160 reviews

mirandahems's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Stalking, Confinement, Torture, Violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Death of parent, Rape, Body horror, Death, and Emotional abuse

booksandmarvel's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Death, Rape, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Stalking, and Physical abuse

probablytoolate's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Stalking

jmkendall0218's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Death, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

bethboo's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

2.0

This is the story of a true crime junkie becoming obsessed with a serial rapist and murderer. To the point that she worked with detective from the cases, knew all the sordid details, and made several attempts at naming a suspect. She died before she could finish her book or catch the guy, so the author put together her story.

This book kind of solidifies my opinion about weird true crime junkies. Look man, I get it. It's morbidly interesting and makes you feel a little adrenaline. It's all so mysterious and violent that it feels separate from real life. I've been there, I've listened to true crime podcasts and watched the youtube videos. But at some point you have to realize that this is weird and those events truly happened to someone and that you, a random person, is not the "key to the case". You're just consuming trauma-porn of the worst day of someone's life. Like if you can't be self aware, then wtf. This lady let it take over her entire life. 

I thought the book was well written and I thought the case was well laid out, thought I wish we hadn't focused on the lady obsessed with this guy rather than the victims. I feel like we really skipped over a lot of women, like they were just pins on a map. I'd never heard of this guy before and I hate to think that all those women had to live through such a horrid experience. Their safety had to be shattered so thoroughly. And I can't imagine you being married to one of those women and having to see someone you love so much be hurt like that. It's horrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Blood, Rape, and Murder

roach_okay's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

lakinlindsey's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, Violence, Death, Rape, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Gun violence, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

marypetrushko's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

mazlloree's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Torture, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Child death

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

This is a case I didn’t know a lot about before reading this book. I knew the basics but didn’t realize just how deep it went. Michelle’s dedication and drive to find The Golden State Killer was incredible, and it saddens me deeply she’s no longer here to see not only how big of a difference she made, but also the killer being brought to justice. This was an absolutely mind blowing  book and I loved it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Rape, and Stalking