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

charliebriggs96's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Mental illness, Grief, Death, and Cursing

toshita's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Murder, Vomit, Torture, Stalking, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Grief, and Death

samchase112's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

Absolutely chilling. McNamara dives into a detailed and terrifying world of the Golden State Killer, working for years to track him down, and describes it all in captivating prose. Definitely don't read this in the dark.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual content and Grief

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