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Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Classism
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Grief, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Moderate: Rape
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
Graphic: Grief, Murder
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide
Minor: Cursing, Hate crime, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Racism, Car accident
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Mental illness, Rape, Grief
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
I will give kudos to a couple of aspects of this book:
1. It was organized in a notable way. It started with showing the past of both the victims and their killers. Their environments were taken into consideration and you developed an idea of their character. Later it led to the investigation and we found out how the murder occurred through confessionals. Truman Capote followed the case until its conclusion.
But despite these factors, I hated this book. This is the first time that I have read a true crime book, and this most definitely affected my rating, but this was horrific. Why would I want to read about an entire family being murdered
On top of this, there have been multiple people who have contested the accuracy of this book, saying that there were many pieces of opinion inserted and falsehoods added into the book. (Not just random people online, but people who themselves have analyzed this crime.)
This dragged on and on with a really excessive form of writing and the only interest I had was finishing this book so I could get it over with, understand what happened, and try to forget it.
And to me, most importantly, there were multiple instances where racial, homophobic, and in general degrading slurs were used. This includes but is not limited to the n-word, the f slur, and out-of-date referrals to Asian, Black, and Native American people.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Hate crime, Infidelity, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Car accident, Death of parent, Alcohol
Minor: Bullying, Physical abuse, Excrement, Kidnapping, Abandonment, War
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail