Reviews tagging 'Abortion'

The Phantom Prince: My Life with Ted Bundy, Updated and Expanded Edition by Elizabeth Kendall

8 reviews

happilywilted's review

dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.5

This book was the epitome of my fears of reentering the dating scene as someone in their mid-twenties. 
I know that the possibility of finding a serial killer is low, but clearly not that low, if Elizabeth found it.
It's easy to look down on Elizabeth and say that you don't understand why she stayed so long, but I think it was entirely human and something that we all do much too often: overlook things and try so hard to get this image of our perfect future that we have wanted since childhood.
While reading, I recognized how easy it would be to ignore red flags and trying to see past the negative personality traits of someone because you care deeply and just want this perfect life that you imagined yourself having. It would've been weirder if her mind went to serial killer immediately instead of infidelity or just seeing him as stringing her along (what would've been more plausible? Definitely cheating, yet that wasn't all that was happening, obviously). But Elizabeth didn't ignore nothing, she did everything that she could possibly do, and was told that he was clear and not guilty. 
My ex was also a confusing, sometimes mean, red flag flying thief. When he said he didn't know if a relationship was for him and backed off, a day later he was then crying to me that he loved me so much. I stayed on that rollercoaster for no reason other than I cared for him, even if it wasn't in my best interest. So I understand Elizabeth in that instance. 
Elizabeth and Molly are survivors, and I'm so glad that they are here to tell their stories. I've always believed that family and loved ones of these killers are victims in their own way, because they lost the person that they believed the individual to be. It's just a sad situation all around.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Addiction

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Child abuse

Minor: Abortion, Death, and Murder

mariareviews's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

It feels weird to rate this book, so I’ll leave this review without a rating. Full honestly, the writing is could be better and if this was fiction I would’ve DNF it so fast. But this isn’t fiction. This is the story of a woman that went through hell and survived. She’s definitely brave for exposing herself like that, open for everyone to judge her writing skills or poor choices. At first it felt like she still, dare I say, love and even sympathised with Bundy. It’s sad to see that the wound was still open when she first published the book. This new version offers her closure as a human and closure to us as readers. Molly’s side of the story was definitely eye opening and all she had to struggle with crushed my heart into tiny bits.

I hope the families and everyone involved with Ted Bundy manage to find peace and live a tranquil life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Abortion and Stalking

kesislibrary's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

I feel so bad for Liz and Molly and they are both such strong people. All my love towards them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Rape, Abortion, Addiction, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Murder

brianna_moye's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Murder, and Addiction

Minor: Abortion and Rape

scenic92's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Violence, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, and Alcoholism

Minor: Abortion and Suicidal thoughts

mooandshoe's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, and Rape

Minor: Abortion

alexanickole's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

3.0

So incredibly  touching and incredibly dark, I’m so happy that this women were able to find peace. I hope the families of the victims and also the women who survived this monster were able to heal, we remember all the victims.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Violence

wherethewildreadsare's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Abortion, Addiction, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Murder, Child abuse, and Rape

Minor: Pedophilia