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Lots of repeating of information in the last half. The beginning was also a bit confusing while going through the background of the parents. Also did not enjoy this narrator :/
I hope the kids are thriving today. I know I will be thinking of them everyday from now on
I hope the kids are thriving today. I know I will be thinking of them everyday from now on
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Incest, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Excrement, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Sexual harassment
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt
I agree with the reviews saying that this was primarily a book of things you could have learned from a google search. This was essentially a compilation of quotes and summaries of the events of the Turpin children’s lives.
However, it is undeniably an engaging story. What happened to those kids is absolutely deplorable. I do worry that this book was exploitative, the only quotes from the children are those publicly available in court records or interviews. I doubt they had any involvement in this telling of their own story.
The book was also repetitive towards the end, telling us about the abuse in one chapter and then retelling that same story, but this time in a court setting. This felt like an attempt to fluff the book up and raise the page count more than anything.
I wish there was more discussion on what happened to the kids after, this book painted the picture of a happy ending when in reality the kids struggled quite a bit to gain access to any of the money or services offered to them by the public. Some of the kids ended up couch surfing due to not being able to obtain a job or access their trust fund for rent money. The system failed them twice and the book does not capture this at all.
However, it is undeniably an engaging story. What happened to those kids is absolutely deplorable. I do worry that this book was exploitative, the only quotes from the children are those publicly available in court records or interviews. I doubt they had any involvement in this telling of their own story.
The book was also repetitive towards the end, telling us about the abuse in one chapter and then retelling that same story, but this time in a court setting. This felt like an attempt to fluff the book up and raise the page count more than anything.
I wish there was more discussion on what happened to the kids after, this book painted the picture of a happy ending when in reality the kids struggled quite a bit to gain access to any of the money or services offered to them by the public. Some of the kids ended up couch surfing due to not being able to obtain a job or access their trust fund for rent money. The system failed them twice and the book does not capture this at all.
Story was horrifying, details were clear, but the writing was hard to follow/repetitive at times
Good initially, but mired by redundant details. Last 40 pages were a swamp to get through.
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I’m so sorry this audiobook narrator sounds like a TikTok AI voice reading stuff out, I can’t do it
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emotional
sad
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Interesting and very sad case but the book itself was slow and repetitive and the audio reader’s intonation was distracting
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sad
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