Reviews tagging 'Torture'

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

59 reviews

miggyfool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

heidipolkissa82's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, and Stalking

gretchenplz's review against another edition

2.5

It's taken me 5 years to finish this audiobook, and I'm still not quite sure why that is. I hate reviewing works that are clearly lives' works, passion projects, and post-humous publications because giving a "meh" review feels like an insult.

In theory, all the pieces are there. 

But I think what it is that held this back for me are: 1) The victim's stories being told in a style that comes across as almost fictional. While I understand the stylistic decision, I find it almost disrespectful? Cheapening of the victims' stories? Especially since so much time is spent describing the EAR. I didn't want to hear about his penis or him crying for his mom again. But it happened every time. I don't know. 2) Because of that, I feel like so many stories just blend together and cause the book to lag through the middle and to the end. 3) What I really wanted was less on the actual case and more on Michelle's process. Or the process of all the internet sleuths that helped put this together.

I think that last reason is why I enjoyed the docuseries so much more. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Stalking, and Murder

srah's review against another edition

dark emotional informative

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Drug use

brynnbmn's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, and Murder

clarabooksit's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

hannahmcclee's review against another edition

I had a background of the case before reading the book so I knew what to expect. However, it was a slow read that gave a lot of graphic detail of the crimes. I just never felt like reading more. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent

raineedayreader's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

vanesst's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, and Blood

Minor: Animal cruelty and Kidnapping