Reviews tagging 'Body horror'

Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage by Jeff Guinn

2 reviews

alexisgarcia's review

dark informative tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Death, Death of parent, Sexual content, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Body horror, Toxic relationship, Fire/Fire injury, Pedophilia, Rape, Child abuse, Infidelity, Misogyny, Alcohol, Suicide, Grief, Gun violence, Infertility, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Violence, Child death, and Emotional abuse

librarymouse's review

dark informative medium-paced

3.0

This is an interesting and rather neutral telling of the events of April 19, 1985, in thst it blames both the FBI/ATF and the Branch Davidians for the massacre in the Mount Carmel compound. David Koresh was a deeply sick individual for his sexual abuse of young girls and his knowingly putting his followers in harms way. The US government massively mishandled the initial siege and continued to mishandle the situation until the eventual catastrophe. This book was a fast, informative, and well written read.

Content warning for Christian Zionism and American colonialism in Palestine.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Excrement, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Body horror, Child death, Colonisation, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Adult/minor relationship, Police brutality, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Pedophilia, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, and Medical content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Suicide, and Pregnancy

Minor: Alcohol and Antisemitism