Reviews tagging 'Forced institutionalization'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

8 reviews

stayceee24's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

An awful story told exceedingly well. Not for the faint hearted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, and Gaslighting

priscillarobock's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

heathermarie08's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

3.0

This is a horrible story of an evil mother, her brave children and victims. I usually enjoy true crime but for some reason did not enjoy this book as much. It read a bit slow and I felt like could've been a shorter book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child death, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Blood, and Alcohol

mtehan7's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

janeleef's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

belle590's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

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

e_sisack's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting