Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

15 reviews

raine83's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful sad tense medium-paced

4.0

SHOOKETH

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

schohayes's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

4.5

Oh this book was heartbreaking. Easily the saddest, most horrific story I’ve ever read. I could not stop thinking about it, even when I wasn’t reading it. Definitely read at your own discretion, it’s not gonna be for everyone!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Mental illness, and Suicide

l0ve2h4te's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, and Gaslighting

caidycat1015's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

michelles_book_nook's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

⚠️ TW: parental death, mentions of suicide, physical abuse, psychological abuse, sexual abuse, narcissistic abuse, drug/substance abuse, domestic violence, graphic violence, graphic content, prolific gaslighting, torture, murder, homophobia ⚠️ This book is a real emotional rollercoaster and I cried so much. This read follows the life of the Knotek family told by the three sisters, Nikki, Sami and Tori, through police interviews and files from the case. It is honestly horrific and vile what this family endured at the hands of their mum, Shelly, but also discusses so many failings by police and various services to allow it to go on for so long. My heart broke not only for the family but also Kathy and Ron who were bought in to help with the growing family. As for the many men in Shelly's life I think the one I equally disliked and felt somewhat sorry for was Dave Knotek. He was abused like the children were even though he also dished out abuse instructed by Shelly but I found him infuriating with how he'd been brainwashed. In short Shelly is a psychopath. This is an extremely hard read but it is a very informative and good read too. If you are interested in reading true crime or abuse memoirs then I do recommend this but please read the TW's.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Murder, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Death of parent