Scan barcode
calamityin's review against another edition
1.5
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Murder, Classism, Death, Racial slurs, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, and Violence
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Racism, and Car accident
Minor: Fatphobia, Alcoholism, Animal death, and Animal cruelty
ashwaar's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Confinement, Cursing, Violence, Death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gun violence, Murder, Suicide, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Abandonment, Alcohol, Animal death, Rape, Pedophilia, and Physical abuse
Minor: Sexual content, Car accident, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence
gh1's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Blood, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Suicidal thoughts, Mental illness, Child death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Racism, Murder, and Sexual content
Moderate: Toxic friendship
kylielf's review against another edition
3.25
Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Death, Child death, and Violence
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Pedophilia
sophiaroesler's review against another edition
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder
Minor: Racial slurs, Rape, and Pedophilia
babs4205's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Violence, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Murder
isaarusilor's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Child death, and Racial slurs
sarasreading's review against another edition
3.25
It's also probably the first book where I've had to write out all the names, because the first third or so of the book throws dozens of people at you, some you never really see again, and some you do. So it's hard to know who is going to be important until the story unfolds.
Also, as you get deeper into the book, it becomes less about the true crime, and morphs into a study of the killers' lives, one in particular. By the end it's obvious that this was done to show that criminal psychology is complex and not as black and white as it was believed back in the 1950s. But the reader doesn't really know that while slogging through the middle of the book, which is bogged down with pages and pages of letters and biopyschosocial history.
Still, glad I read it, and it's probably a must for any true crime lover.
Graphic: Cursing, Murder, Child death, Racial slurs, and Gun violence
Moderate: Pedophilia
henrygravesprince's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Mental illness, Death, Child death, and Murder
Moderate: Pedophilia, Racism, Toxic friendship, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Misogyny, Suicide, and Violence
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, War, Car accident, Domestic abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Ableism, Homophobia, Abandonment, and Grief
librarymouse's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Mental illness, Gore, Cancer, Hate crime, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Sexual content, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal death, Death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Grief, Misogyny, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Body shaming, Pedophilia, Child death, and Confinement