Reviews tagging 'Murder'

The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich

38 reviews

amyljb's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Child abuse, and Murder

sorcha's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Mental illness, and Self harm

Minor: Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy

jennivardier's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Car accident, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Grief, Incest, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence

annaamaralanderson1997's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Pedophilia, and Rape

lucyreads's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Incest, Murder, and Child abuse

clairefallon's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

5.0

What’s most remarkable about this book is how fluidly Marzano-Lesnevich synthesizes impossibly broad swaths of information into coherent narrative. The massive undertaking of research that was required to make this text happen is nothing short of spectacular, but perhaps most striking is the balance struck between analysis and emotion, between facts and the life that happens inside them. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Murder

madiswanreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Murder, and Pedophilia

samchase112's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

5.0

Damn. The Fact of a Body is an extremely powerful book about deeply disturbing and difficult topics. Marzano-Lesnevich's writing is so compelling and they weave the story together so incredibly well; each scene, each word, was so carefully chosen. I won't lie, this is not an easy book to read -- there is something horrible happening on seemingly every page. All I can say is that I loved and hated every second in almost equal measure.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pedophilia, Rape, Suicide attempt, Medical content, Incest, Grief, Eating disorder, Death, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Sexual content, and Blood

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Drug use