Reviews tagging 'Physical abuse'

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

37 reviews

alexandramcgrew's review

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

haileyeh's review

dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Torture, Violence, Sexual violence, Rape, Death, Stalking, Murder, and Physical abuse

ploominator's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Murder

booksandmarvel's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Gun violence, Death, Rape, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Stalking, and Physical abuse

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

roach_okay's review

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Murder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

mazlloree's review

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Stalking, Violence, Torture, Gore, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Child death

alisonfaith426's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Death, Grief, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Gore, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Stalking

Moderate: Classism, Mental illness, and Sexual content

74percentgood's review

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Blood, Murder, and Violence

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