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jmkendall0218's review against another edition
4.0
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
2.0
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.
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
4.5
Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
lakinlindsey's review against another edition
4.25
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
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder
kimmer99's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Death, Sexual violence, Rape, Torture, Gore, and Stalking
mazlloree's review against another edition
5.0
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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Rape, and Stalking
alisonfaith426's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Stalking
Moderate: Classism, Mental illness, and Sexual content
vkitoria's review against another edition
4.5
i'm not really into true crime but i decided to read this after finishing the mysterious case of the alperton angels, which was partly inspired by michelle mcnamara. this was a true challenge to read and i considered dropping it several times because the content was so grim, but it was just too damn good to abandon. i loved it but i'm ready to read something else now.
Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Sexual violence