Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

9 reviews

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

jess_stewart71's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Well-written true crime, doesn't glorify the killer and does give attention to the victims as human beings.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Stalking, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Sexual assault, Animal death, Child death, Kidnapping, and Murder

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

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

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

snd1101's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Excrement

Minor: Racism

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