Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

171 reviews

alexisgarcia's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

valmai's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

We’ve lost a great author in McNamara. Her obsessive chronicling of the hard to find details of the Golden State Killer translate into a thoughtful and terrifying blend of memoir, true crime reporting, and rigorous research. I read this in two days. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

haileyeh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

beebug1991's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

theunfinishedbookshelf's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

wintery1's review against another edition

dark informative tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

hayleyfitz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Stalking, and Murder

dejasquietplace's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I'll Be Gone in the Dark is a tense investigative recounting of the Golden State Killer's horrific crimes and the obsessive search for him by a few very dedicated people. It delves well into the circumstances of every rape and murder attributed to him, with a focus on the victims, never once straying into tactless humor about the situation, portraying it as it was-- almost beyond words. While a couple parts could meander a little, I enjoyed pretty much every minute of McNamara's writing. It's obvious how dedicated she was to the case.
What lingers large over the book that gives it an even sadder air is the knowledge that the GSK was found through ancestry DNA only a couple short years after the author's passing. And of course, the answer is the most boring, obvious, and gut-wrenching one: he was a cop. I had a distinct melancholy while listening to the audiobook, knowing she would never get to see him served justice, although the victims' remaining families do, thankfully. This is a great read that I would recommend to anyone interested in a thorough history of a true monster in the dark, written maturely and unflinchingly.

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Content Warnings

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

carfitzpa's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Murder

flygon's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Stalking