Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Helter Skelter by Curt Gentry, Vincent Bugliosi

21 reviews

abundance_of_fiction's review against another edition

dark informative sad medium-paced

4.0

Reread this year as I was coming off of a Bailey Sarian True Crime kick to cope with a book slump. This novel is such a dense recounting of one of the darkest true crime stories that I have ever heard. While it is no wonder that American society was, and still is, grotesquely fascinated by the Manson murders, this novel always makes me wonder just how people can go so far. It is crazyyyy to think that cult influences can lead people to go so far. While we all know the out come, this novel takes you deep into the details and potential timeline.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

katiej's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Racism, Violence, and Murder

aegireads's review against another edition

challenging dark medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Antisemitism, and War

babs4205's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder

leeaharris's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Torture, and Murder

vsalvv's review against another edition

informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Murder

cuppajoy's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.5

The book is a top seller for a reason. I recommend it for someone wanting to understand the Manson murders. It gives a lot of details, including the motive, that many people may not have fully seen explained but which are fleshed out in this book 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

vibrantglow's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs

cement_tree's review against another edition

dark informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, and Torture

eldritch_flower's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

3.5

 Looks like I'm still on my true crime kick. And honestly, I'm not sure why I read this book over one about a more obscure case. Goodness knows Manson gets more attention than he deserves, and yet here I am reading this book anyways. Don't worry, my therapist and I are working through why I enjoy books like this so much(and no, I do not glorify these disgusting people and if you do, go fuck yourself).

Anyways, this was a well written book for the most part. There's a lot of information about the murders, the reasoning, and inside court details. What really got me was the respect for the victims in this book. I find that a lot of books on true crime forget that the victims are people with families, lives, dreams, fears, and everything like that. This author doesn't forget it.

It was good over all. Not too graphic for people who might be new to true crime, but still doesn't shy away from how disgusting Manson is. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Racism, Blood, Antisemitism, and Murder