Reviews tagging 'Addiction'

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit by John E. Douglas

6 reviews

wynonnaearp's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Racism, Suicide

amy14's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail

lindsayvale's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

abicaro17's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

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This book was very dark but super cool. I am a huge true crime/criminal minds fan so this was a win for me. John Douglas is the original FBI profiler. He created the unit and the action of profiling. This book is a memoir focused on his path to the FBI and how he went from rank and file FBI to an agent that detectives from all over the country contact for insight into their cases. From Ed Kemper to Ted Bundy, Douglas discusses motives, signatures, childhood traumas, and rehabilitation of the killers, rapists, and criminals that he interviewed at one point or another. My qualm about this is that there doesn't seem to be a finishing point. There is no wrapping up paragraph or heres how that happened chapter. It feels unfinished. The other minor thing is that the narrator is a tad too relaxing because I did fall asleep a few times and have to rewind! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail

jnreads's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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so good smash

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Police brutality, Antisemitism, Medical content, Trafficking, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment

meggs16's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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This was a lot, I love true crime, and true crime podcasts, but some of the content of this book was too gruesome and made me want to hurl.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis