Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Helter Skelter by Curt Gentry, Vincent Bugliosi

3 reviews

alexxrose's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Racism, Child death, Murder, Blood, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Infidelity, Pregnancy, Adult/minor relationship, and Drug use

This book entirely centre's around Charles Manson's cult called "The Family" and the famous murders they committed in 1969. There's a lot of uncomfortable sexual content described by former cult members and of course the members were experiencing brain washing at Manson's hands. I didn't think gaslighting is the correct way of describing it as it's far deeper than that.

another_dahlia's review against another edition

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, Torture, Child death, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Adult/minor relationship, Gaslighting, Racism, Toxic relationship, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Drug abuse, Racial slurs, and Sexual assault

albernikolauras's review against another edition

dark informative sad slow-paced

3.0

A nonfiction book detailing the Charles Manson family, the murders committed in his name, and the trials afterward. It was informative and held a lot of respect for the victims, but you could tell it was written by a lawyer.

Everything was written as if it was quoting solely crime reports. When we got to the court room, the author and his experience definitely brought the experience to life and added tension within the story. It just made the book even more lop-sided and overly long.

I recommend it if you are curious about the murders. They are horrifying enough without any added drama. I just felt the book read a bit too long for the writing that was in it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Torture, and Body horror