Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

50 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

beebug1991's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Murder, and Violence

Some depictions of victims and crimes were unnecessarily detailed or focused more on the perpetrator vs the victim.

mald626's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Death, Rape, and 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

byo_books's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, Death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Rape, Suicide, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Gun violence, and Animal death

katreadsalots's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Sexual assault, Rape, Murder, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Death, Confinement, and Violence

chloeve's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Self harm, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Rape, Child death, Blood, Animal death, Suicide, and Death

missworld2006's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicide, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Kidnapping, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Torture

suneaters's review against another edition

dark informative tense fast-paced

4.25

Well his dumbass wasn’t that smart considering he confessed for nothing. I’ve seen teenagers hold out longer with actual interrogators and detectives. 

In all seriousness, this was a well-written book that took lengthy documents and transcripts and created a narrative story out of them without embellishment. I had heard of Israel Keyes before, but only in the context of the Koenig case, the 12 victims drawing, and his suicide. His confession about the Courrier couple was terrifying, as was how he left no trace and operated on insanely tight time tables. He killed a girl in his own damn backyard! 

A true sadist even from an early age, Keyes seems to have been born without empathy. Or, perhaps, selective empathy since he took good care of his sisters and his daughter, reportedly. It was deeply intriguing to learn about his childhood and army days as it was infuriating to hear how mishandled his case and stay at the Anchorage Correctional Cenger was. Kevin Feldis you fucking idiot. Man, that felt good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Animal cruelty, and Animal death

cwillis1's review against another edition

dark informative

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Suicide, Murder, Rape, Violence, and Kidnapping