Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

42 reviews

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

hdzigurski's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Stalking, and Gore

Minor: Cannibalism

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

kristinebennett's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.0

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

danileah07's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

3.0

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

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

bootsmom3's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Murder, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Gore

srah's review against another edition

3.5

I think Ted Bundy's Wikipedia page is heavily based on information from this book... which means that at the time it was a lot of inside information and now it doesn't really add a lot if you've already read his Wikipedia page.

The audiobook is read by the author, which adds an interesting layer, but she definitely does not have a trained voice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Murder, and Sexual assault

cpratreads's review

It's possible I'll come back to this but after getting through the introduction I realized I don't want to read about TB right now

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Sexual violence

cmorehouse's review

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

winniethecat's review against another edition

informative sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual violence