Reviews tagging 'Murder'

I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

236 reviews

coatpocketcreature's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Rape

lesseraliterary's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

5.0

the author had such a powerful way of writing that you could tell the difference in the sections that were pieced together posthumously. she was really respectful of the survivors and victims and you could tell that she was passionate about the subject matter in a way that you could see her whole heart was in this book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, and Animal cruelty

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Moderate: Classism, Mental illness, and Sexual content

vkitoria's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

what a spectacular, well-written book that i will never read again.

i'm not really into true crime but i decided to read this after finishing the mysterious case of the alperton angels, which was partly inspired by michelle mcnamara. this was a true challenge to read and i considered dropping it several times because the content was so grim, but it was just too damn good to abandon. i loved it but i'm ready to read something else now.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Sexual violence

ohyeah_karyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

anjasshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence

allisonspiaserpineda's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Murder

pasearlibros's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

74percentgood's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, and Violence

polarbearisla's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

It was enjoyable. The story around the story was the most interesting thing, I think. The story of Michelle’s obsession juxtaposed with the obsession of the GSK, and how her death brought the spotlight to his story was fascinating.  If you like true crime but can’t handle a bunch of gratuitous gore, this is a good read for you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence