Reviews tagging 'Gun violence'

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century by Maureen Callahan

20 reviews

katrinaburch's review against another edition

dark sad fast-paced

5.0

Wow. I have read a lot of true crime but didn't know about this guy, though as I was reading this, I vaguely remember this case, as I lived in Washington state at the time. The writing here was fantastic and getting to understand the timeline of things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Rape, Torture, Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Moderate: Gore, Suicide, and Child death

Minor: Alcoholism and Animal cruelty

suspiciousbriefcase's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Rape, Sexual violence, Gun violence, and Violence

chloenfp's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

2.0

Really unpleasant, poorly written. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Gun violence, and Fire/Fire injury

elwirax's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

KEYES: There is no one who knows me, or who has ever known me, who knows anything about me, really. . . . I’m two different people, basically.

RUSSO: How long have you been two different people? 

KEYES: A long time. Fourteen years.

I re-read this for my Criminology course. I enjoyed it a lot more the first time I read it (I use the term "enjoyed" loosely because in reality there's nothing to enjoy about this type of subject matter). During my second read I noticed that while it was detailed in terms of the crimes committed, court proceedings and childhood background it didn't explore Keyes' psychology enough. I really wanted an in depth evaluation of Israel Keyes' personality ( even if it was educated speculations based off given evidence) but was rather dissapointed in this regard. However, I do understand that a large portion of this case has not been released to the public so I can't really fault the author too much. 

Nonetheless, I'm going to keep my initial rating because in some aspects it was useful for my research needs.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, and Rape

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gun violence, and Confinement

Minor: Animal cruelty and Suicide

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Confinement, Fatphobia, Misogyny, Torture, and Suicide

Minor: Alcohol, Antisemitism, Racism, and Sexism

jennifer_bush_73's review

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

mangofandango's review

dark tense medium-paced

3.0

This was an extremely scary and compelling read, and it was also frustrating. It read like fiction, the subject matter was horrific and terrifying, and while it didn't feel particularly...carefully presented in terms of respecting the victims, I didn't find it uncaring or exploitative. But I did find it a bit hollow. It's kind of an encyclopedic presentation - detailed and thorough, but reading more like a detailed overview than the writing of someone who engaged emotionally or personally with the work. I can definitely see that as an intentional choice, but it didn't work very well for me. I also found the repeated, ongoing, proud and toxic mishandling of the case by the police and prosecutors enraging, and while the book did acknowledge this repeatedly, I wished for a more scathing indictment of their failures. I guess I just wanted something different than what this was. I wanted a Michelle McNamara style presentation, and that's not what this book is trying to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, Suicide, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Child death, and Animal cruelty

This is definitely full of potentially triggering or upsetting information and that may extend beyond the tags I chose.

clawrence345's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

daralexandria's review

dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicidal thoughts

brewedspines's review

dark medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence