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Starvation Heights: A True Story of Murder and Malice in the Woods of the Pacific Northwest by Gregg Olsen
3 reviews
danimacuk's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Chronic illness, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Grief, Murder, and Gaslighting
Minor: Sexism, Suicide, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
The narration was amazing for a non-fiction book. The book also kept me interested and engaged. I would have liked to know what happened with the sisters' estate in more clear terms. I'm shocked but not that this woman was never truly stopped. It's horrifying.
As someone who's struggled with disordered eating, I know how little function you have when you limit calories to an extreme. So I can understand how she manipulated people when their brains weren't functioning properly. When you're not getting enough food your body shuts down complex thoughts and the like, to direct calories/nutrition to essential tasks like breathing.
Overall a very interesting and horrifying book.
As someone who's struggled with disordered eating, I know how little function you have when you limit calories to an extreme. So I can understand how she manipulated people when their brains weren't functioning properly. When you're not getting enough food your body shuts down complex thoughts and the like, to direct calories/nutrition to essential tasks like breathing.
Overall a very interesting and horrifying book.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
faefires's review
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
3.0
the story behind this book is riveting, full of scheming and mystery, and for the first third of the book, it is told very well. unfortunately, this book could have benefited from being 150 pages shorter. it drags in the middle as the reader is forced to sit through painfully detailed trial testimony that is only tangentially relevant, and extensive histories of side characters. the story is certainly chilling, and the writing is strong, but the pacing made me skim and wish i had just listened to a true crime podcast covering this instead.
Graphic: Body horror, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Alcoholism
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