Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

59 reviews

readalongwithnat's review against another edition

4.0

Audiobook narrator was so phenomenal I had to keep reminding myself that this was true crime and that I should be less into the story oops. Devastating, but I loved the way Green compiled this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

afriendwithfiction's review against another edition

informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Reads so much like a podcast. I imagine it sounds great on audio. The last page really hit home. Very well- researched! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia and Murder

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Rape, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Panic attacks/disorders

ramsfan1963's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

Informative story of a serial killer of gay men in NYC during the 1990s, and the detailed and arduous investigation that eventually lead to the killer's arrest and conviction.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

thndrkat's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Homophobia

Very compelling and evocative. Great audio book.

hmatt's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

2.5

I'm firmly out of my true crime phase, but I suspect this book might be better liked by those who are more interested in the genre. 

I found the narration pretty dry and scattered. I know the author was attempting to tell the victims' stories, but it resulted in so many tangents about people who had no relevance to the crimes and made it hard for me to follow the main story. There wasn't a whole lot of mystery to the whole thing, but I don't think there was supposed to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

It's true crime, so everything that's described is done in a very matter-of-fact way and is not glorified if that makes a difference.

killerpancake's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Racism, and Blood

This is true crime where the victims were gay men and includes crime scene information. I appreciate that it focused more on the victim's lives instead of venerating the killer.

drbrizzlybear's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, and Murder

doric's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

readingwithcats's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Medical content, and Murder