Reviews tagging 'Emotional abuse'

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

10 reviews

maebee25's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Violence, Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Rape

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

What a strange and unsettling book. To be able to continue to care for someone, especially platonically, while knowing the atrocities they've committed against innumerable individuals; the echo of which is so deep and widespread, is unfathomable to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Pregnancy and Antisemitism

inkell's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

danileah07's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

miggyfool's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Torture, Violence, Death, Gaslighting, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Blood, Sexual assault, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Kidnapping, and Misogyny

Minor: Abortion and Gun violence

puglover's review

challenging dark informative sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Child death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Incest, Child abuse, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

aegireads's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Child death, Death, Rape, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Gore

Moderate: Ableism, Racism, and Cancer

Minor: Transphobia

eldritch_flower's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring tense slow-paced

4.0

 This was an interesting read. It's fairly short and it follows the case of Diane Downs, a woman who shot her three kids. It's short, to the point, no flowery language, and so well researched.

In this book we follow Diane's version of events, the aftermath, how her surviving children healed, Diane's past, the court proceedings, and her stay in a women's correctional facility(and her escape and recapture).

It's short, but definitely worth reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Rape

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Violence

falfy's review

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.25

Absolutely fucked up, but I couldn’t put it down. Read it in 4 days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

o_ro_se_do_bheatha_abhaile's review

dark slow-paced

1.25

how did she have such an interesting story handed to her on a silver platter, yet still make it so torturous to read? Her irritating defense of the police and self important tone does not sit right. Also I know this is a book written in the late 70s, but boy does Ann have an affinity for the r word, as well as blatant ableist and sometimes homophobic rhetoric. Very dated, if you're interested in the Ted Bundy case just read a few articles and don't waste your time on this awful 'classic'.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Rape, Mental illness, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Homophobia, and Kidnapping