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shinumi's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Murder, Racial slurs, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Violence, Domestic abuse, and Homophobia
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
_carmel_'s review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Murder, and Child death
Moderate: Violence, Death, Cursing, Classism, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Toxic friendship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Rape, Pedophilia, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Sexism, Murder, Misogyny, Mental illness, Hate crime, Gun violence, Addiction, Abortion, Racial slurs, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Gore, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Racism, Medical trauma, and Alcohol
kemorrell's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Racial slurs, Animal death, Suicidal thoughts, Self harm, Gun violence, and Child death
Moderate: Abandonment and Adult/minor relationship
Minor: Sexual assault and War
milliemillz's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Murder, Gun violence, and Racial slurs
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, and Suicide
kwojtk's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Rape, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, and Pedophilia
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
athereaderofbooks's review against another edition
2.0
I will give kudos to a couple of aspects of this book:
1. It was organized in a notable way. It started with showing the past of both the victims and their killers. Their environments were taken into consideration and you developed an idea of their character. Later it led to the investigation and we found out how the murder occurred through confessionals. Truman Capote followed the case until its conclusion.
But despite these factors, I hated this book. This is the first time that I have read a true crime book, and this most definitely affected my rating, but this was horrific. Why would I want to read about an entire family being murdered
On top of this, there have been multiple people who have contested the accuracy of this book, saying that there were many pieces of opinion inserted and falsehoods added into the book. (Not just random people online, but people who themselves have analyzed this crime.)
This dragged on and on with a really excessive form of writing and the only interest I had was finishing this book so I could get it over with, understand what happened, and try to forget it.
And to me, most importantly, there were multiple instances where racial, homophobic, and in general degrading slurs were used. This includes but is not limited to the n-word, the f slur, and out-of-date referrals to Asian, Black, and Native American people.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, and Violence
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cancer, Car accident, Death of parent, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Abandonment, Bullying, Excrement, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and War
cherryredmarlene's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Violence, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship
valayne's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death
narpetcards's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic friendship