Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

41 reviews

dear6hla's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

3.0

Wish the fact it’s an abridged version was stated in the title or cover or something :( but it’s a good book 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Murder, Child abuse, Child death, and Rape

cuppajoy's review

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, and Murder

star_charter152's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Torture, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

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

readertate's review

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, Gore, Domestic abuse, Violence, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Suicide and Animal death

kyleejade's review

So well written, but also quite slow. There were parts that could've been cut out, but at the same time I understand why they were there.

DNF'ed- had to return the book to the library, just so happened to try to read during finals season.

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Content Warnings

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

gossamerchild's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Murder, and Stalking

colleenmdavis's review

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Death

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

serenedancer's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.0

Interesting true crime depiction of Ted Bundy. Well written as can be expected by Ann Rule.

There is in sight that is provided of how she felt when someone that she thought was a good person was accused of such heinous crimes. Due to that she does spend a lot of the book not sure if Ted Bundy did commit the crime. So if you don't want to read a book where someone gives him the benefit of the doubt for a good portion of it, I wouldn't recommend picking it up.
Also as it is a true crime book she does describe a lot of the violence so go in knowing that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual violence