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

13 reviews

kbennettj's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide, Death, Gun violence, Stalking, Child death, Violence, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Sexual assault, Animal cruelty, Antisemitism, Animal death, Confinement, Torture, Rape, and Sexual violence

sarahhsullyy's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Blood, Child abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Torture, Murder, Suicide, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Rape, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Mental illness, Violence, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Grief

Minor: Pregnancy, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Abortion, Drug abuse, Mass/school shootings, Vomit, and Drug use

sakisreads's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

4.0

This was a Book Club read, because we wanted something that was non-fiction but that was easy to read and not full of jargon 🥲

A dark and thrilling tale, this book needs many content warnings. We see so many serial killer profiles these days and this is one that needs to be looked into (although hopefully not glamourised) 😫

The ending frustrated me to no end though!

I cannot believe Israel committed suicide 😫 I was so frustrated that he got to get away with all of these crimes. At the end, when it asks if racial profiling allowed him to get away with so much, I nodded vigorously.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Sexual assault, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Violence

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging dark informative fast-paced

4.0

Unsettling, well researched, and well written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Alcoholism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Child death, Confinement, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Racism, Violence, Hate crime, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

Minor: Pregnancy

staceyisbooked's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Suicide, Violence, Racism, Self harm, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Death, Child abuse, and Gore

voilajean's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Violence, Rape, Torture, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Stalking, Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Death, Drug use, Animal cruelty, Child death, Infidelity, Racism, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual assault

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

kels24's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Sexual violence, Self harm, Racism, Murder, Rape, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Child death, Child abuse, Animal death, Sexual assault, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Drug use

hyac1nthgirl's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

while i fully believe this book to be extremely well written & painstakingly researched, it also solidfied my own personal rule to never read true crime again. this book was as horrifying as it was informative. true crime girlies, i highly recommend! but any average joe reader with a weak stomach... maybe pass.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Self harm, Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Suicide, Animal death, and Sexual assault

eldritch_flower's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense slow-paced

4.0

 Yet another true crime book. I promise I read more than just true crime. But this was just too good to pass up.

This book covers the crimes, manhunt, and interviews of Israel Keyes, an American Serial Killer and potential terrorist. Keyes toyed with his interviewers. And some of the interviewers were incompetent(and that's the NICEST) way I can put it.

This was an interesting read on a lesser known serial killer 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Stalking, Torture, and Violence