Reviews tagging 'Grief'

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

25 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

alexisgarcia's review

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Blood, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Grief, and Murder

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

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

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

miggyfool's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Rape, Blood, Gore, Grief, and Sexism

maddiiie's review

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Sexual assault, Grief, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, Body horror, Blood, Rape, and Sexual violence

kkalicky94's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious relaxing sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Rape, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Death, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Confinement, and Emotional abuse

lauraelizabeth67's review

dark emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Stalking, Blood, Rape, Sexual violence, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

hannahmcclee's review against another edition

I had a background of the case before reading the book so I knew what to expect. However, it was a slow read that gave a lot of graphic detail of the crimes. I just never felt like reading more. 

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Grief and Death of parent