Reviews tagging 'Sexual assault'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

33 reviews

bolte_books's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

bookishwhims's review against another edition

challenging dark sad fast-paced

5.0

This was perhaps one of the darkest  and most disturbing books I have ever read. What made this book even harder to stomach is that this isn't a work of fiction.
 If you are going into this account of the heinous crimes of Shelly Knotech with the expectation of getting answers as to "why" a person does something like this or what turned her into a person who could do these things, you will be disappointed. The goal of this book is to tell the story of her victims and perhaps her longest-suffering victims, her daughters. This is the story of three sisters' horrific abuse at the hands of the person(s) meant to love and protect them most in the world. I'm not  leaving this book with all the answers I'd like nor am I leaving feeling as though justice was achieved, but that is true with most crimes. 
This book and this story, I fear, is going to stick with me for a very long time.

*Check tw*
*audiobook*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

katemonster's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.5

I listened to the audiobook version. Could not stop listening. Devoured it in 2 days on a long car ride. It is very disturbing. There were several times I wanted to cry. Very difficult content. It kept me interested and invested in the family (especially the sisters) from the beginning. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Murder

tayreads10's review against another edition

It was absolutely sickening especially knowing this was a true story. I couldn't stomach it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

nhmardini's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Injury/Injury detail

sydneylneel's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Sexual harassment

rhireadz12's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Gaslighting

spookysierra's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

cecelia_swartz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Murder

carax561's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail