Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

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

9 reviews

jmkendall0218's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Mental illness, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Grief, Death, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

ohyeah_karyn's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Stalking

polarbearisla's review

dark informative mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

It was enjoyable. The story around the story was the most interesting thing, I think. The story of Michelle’s obsession juxtaposed with the obsession of the GSK, and how her death brought the spotlight to his story was fascinating.  If you like true crime but can’t handle a bunch of gratuitous gore, this is a good read for you.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Blood, Rape, Violence, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Torture, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, and Sexual violence

kc_kinda_reads's review against another edition

dark informative tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

librarymouse's review

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

Michelle McNamara's work to hunt down the Golden State Killer is exceptional. Her dedication to the work and her writing style make the book an engaging read that made me want to keep reading long into the night despite the content. The sections compiled after her death were done with so much respect for her and her work show how much she meant to her friends, loved ones, and colleagues.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gun violence, Body horror, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual harassment

erinz's review

dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

annir's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, and Vomit

annabunce's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Miscarriage

tieflingkisser's review against another edition

dark emotional informative slow-paced

4.5

I saw that there is a documentary inspired by this book and wanted to read it first before watching. The combination of the horrific details of a string of rapes and murders interspersed with her personal anecdotes about how she came be obsessed with true crime in general and this criminal in particular make for an emotional rollercoaster where you learn as much about the author and other true crime fans (devotees? obsessives?) as you do about the monstrous man she hunted. I'm excited to see the doc now and learn even more, including the effects this book had on the investigation! Spoilers: 

they caught him after this book came out, and I'm interested to see how much impact this book had on that

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gun violence, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Pedophilia and Grief

Minor: Child abuse and Bullying