Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

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

16 reviews

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

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

babynav's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, and Misogyny

jackkoskinen's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense

Listened to as an audiobook!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty

gabrielab's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, Stalking, Sexual violence, Murder, Medical content, Death, and Blood

Minor: Body shaming and Misogyny

kristenm's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

2.75

Honestly, I did not like this book. At no point was I interested, and most of the time I would zone out at how repetitive the content was. It made me feel bad, zoning out I mean, because I should care about the horrible things that happened to these women (and men), but this book for whatever reason never made me care. I did enjoy the last chapter, but this is perhaps because I was so zoned out most of the time I googled what happened around the 60% mark. So when we finally got to the last chapter I was suddenly invested since I knew what was going on. Maybe if I'd been more familiar with this case before going into the book I'd have had more to gain. Overall it was well written and well-narrated. It is rather sad Michelle died before seeing the outcome of her hard work pay off, but I'm glad something came out of it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence