Reviews tagging 'Rape'

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

260 reviews

alexandramcgrew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

the book is good, but i didn’t feel like i learned anything i didn’t already know—which says more about my interest in true crime than it does about the book. the book is well researched and thorough; it’s amazing how dedicated mcnamara was to solving this. admittedly, what i’m most interested in about true crime is when the perp is caught and the legal process, so the fact that that was not in this book (because it was written and released before he was caught) irked me. i didn’t know that before i read it, which again is more on me than it is the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, and Murder

lauraleenstra's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

I feel like its more actually just minor but there is quite alot of mentions of it because of course the book is about the Golden State killer and his MO was rape, murder, and stalking.

est13's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

laura_cat's review

dark informative medium-paced

2.75

Eh. The last few sections probably lowered my rating. Also, there are some disturbing and problematic uses of language related assault and mental health that should never have made it to print. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

justasillygirl04's review

challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

I found myself deeply troubled by the survivors' and victims stories.  This book is not for the faint of heart.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Violence, and Murder

kendall09's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

5.0

This book was one of the best books I've read this year! The way McNamara writes is beautiful, yet haunting. This book is about her journey searching for the GSK and how it ensnared her in it's trap. Though she is discussing horrific topics and crimes, she doesn't dwell on the gruesome details of each crime, instead points out the specific clues and pieces of evidence that link back to the GSK (or East Area R*pist). She writes eloquently, does not get into too technical jargon, and leaves you hanging on to her every word. Knowing that she passed before the completion of her book, and before they caught the vile person who was coined the Golden State Killer by McNamara, makes this read so much more haunting. I am stuck with the words she ended her book on,"Letter to the Golden State Killer" (https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/letter-to-the-golden-state-killer) before she passed and before the arrest of GSK. 

It closes with: 

"This is how it ends for you.

“You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark,” you threatened a victim once.

Open the door. Show us your face.

Walk into the light." 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder

kittyj21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, and Murder

kyliesh's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

Likely the scariest book I’ve ever read. McNamara has a way of writing non fiction really well and walking the line of being empathetic toward victims but not holding back on details that are important to the case really well. Extremely sad that she was unable to see the GSK identified and imprisoned but her letter in the epilogue was truly amazing.

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Content Warnings

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

winifred_k22's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail