Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

43 reviews

stayceee24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

An awful story told exceedingly well. Not for the faint hearted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Gaslighting

your_geekygf's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

2.0

This book is a true story but it is unbelievable. It is graphic, sad and frustrating. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer and Rape

goosiana's review against another edition

dark tense

3.5

It was good. I can't believe what this mother and father (if you can call them that) did. It had everything you would need to tell a story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal cruelty

redrose90's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Can be triggering for some

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Excrement

jessikkaha's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

It’s hard to give this book such a high rating for the difficult content it contained. But the retelling of this story and how it brought to light stories of abuse was very well written. Sending so much positive energy and peace to the girls. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

nuuamuikkunen's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

2.75

Tykkään siitä miten Gregg Olsen kirjottaa tositapahtumista kuin ne ois fiktiota. Mutta se misogynian ja fat shaming oli ihan överiä tässä kirjassa! Et naiset haluaa vaan olla äitejä ja jos lihot 10 kiloa oot ihan kamalan läski. Yök.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cancer, Terminal illness, and Medical content

bell4trixx's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

3.0

For anyone who is in to true crime. There are parts of this book that is interesting and informative, it does seem like the author did a lot of work researching what happened, but this book could have used a better editor. By the end of it, it really seemed to drag on, I think some of the stories of abuse could have been edited out..

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Excrement, and Medical content

If you are triggered by abuse not a good read. Good read if you’re in the mood for an in-depth true crime on an abusive family/mother

abbeyreadsthings's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

0.5

Just… no. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Suicide attempt, and Murder

cardlikecredit's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.5

This book was intense. Well written so that it flowed more like a narrative than just straight non-fiction. Keeps you hooked until the very end. Read with caution though, the details are really tough.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Excrement and Death of parent

tawnieblue's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship