Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

99 reviews

ohyeah_karyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

anjasshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

polarbearisla's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

It was enjoyable. The story around the story was the most interesting thing, I think. The story of Michelle’s obsession juxtaposed with the obsession of the GSK, and how her death brought the spotlight to his story was fascinating.  If you like true crime but can’t handle a bunch of gratuitous gore, this is a good read for you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

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

maddiiie's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual assault, Grief, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Blood, Rape, and Sexual violence

bookswithvicky's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, and Stalking

kirstenpod_'s review against another edition

dark informative mysterious slow-paced

1.75

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Content Warnings

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

hayleyvharrington's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

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

heidipolkissa82's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

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

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