Reviews tagging 'Toxic relationship'

The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer by Liza Rodman

5 reviews

foreverinastory's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

3.0

This was interesting.

CWs: child abuse/neglect, murder, drug use/abuse, addiction, rape, sexual violence, emotional abuse, sexual assault, parental abandonment, domestic abuse, gore, dismemberment, violence, alcoholism, death, physical abuse, suicide, mental illness, adult/minor relationship, toxic relationship, blood, homophobia, f-slur, misogyny, sexual content. Moderate: animal cruelty, kidnapping, pedophilia, suicidal thoughts, torture, suicide attempt, injury/injury detail, fatphobia, body shaming, self harm, abortion, vomit, excrement.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Death, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual content

Moderate: Self harm, Abortion, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Body shaming, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, and Fatphobia

nellkristen's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

2.5

It started pretty interesting but I got pretty bored pretty fast. Once I lost interest, I couldn’t get it back. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, and Excrement

saldre's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

sarahasyouwish's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

3.75

This was an interesting mix of half memoir and half true crime story. We learn of Liza’s rocky upbringing and her abusive mother who would frequently leave her children with any willing person she could find to babysit them. One of the strangers recruited to babysit is Tony Costa, whom Liza remembers fondly until learning years later he was convicted of multiple murders which took place around the time she knew him. The book flips back and forth between Liza’s story and Tony’s as she pieces together his past from the records available to her. It was sad to see how disposable young women were thought of in the 1960s and how the disappearance of several women was barely a blip on anyone’s radar. The book would have benefited from having first-hand information from Costa and his experience-wife, but given the circumstances, I felt like the author did a good job piecing together the story in a way that was intriguing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, and Drug use

elliecoggins1996's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, and Sexual assault