Reviews tagging 'Violence'

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

31 reviews

colleenmdavis's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Gore, Torture, Sexual violence, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Death

librarymouse's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

What a strange and unsettling book. To be able to continue to care for someone, especially platonically, while knowing the atrocities they've committed against innumerable individuals; the echo of which is so deep and widespread, is unfathomable to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Drug abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Confinement, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Emotional abuse, Child death, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Pregnancy and Antisemitism

serenedancer's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

3.0

Interesting true crime depiction of Ted Bundy. Well written as can be expected by Ann Rule.

There is in sight that is provided of how she felt when someone that she thought was a good person was accused of such heinous crimes. Due to that she does spend a lot of the book not sure if Ted Bundy did commit the crime. So if you don't want to read a book where someone gives him the benefit of the doubt for a good portion of it, I wouldn't recommend picking it up.
Also as it is a true crime book she does describe a lot of the violence so go in knowing that.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual violence

elfsteel's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Gore

inkell's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting

danileah07's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Murder, Death, Sexual violence, Violence, and Rape

Moderate: Confinement, Misogyny, Abandonment, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Toxic friendship and Toxic relationship

bootsmom3's review

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Murder, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Sexual assault, Alcohol, and Gore

srah's review against another edition

3.5

I think Ted Bundy's Wikipedia page is heavily based on information from this book... which means that at the time it was a lot of inside information and now it doesn't really add a lot if you've already read his Wikipedia page.

The audiobook is read by the author, which adds an interesting layer, but she definitely does not have a trained voice.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Gore, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic friendship, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death, Murder, and Sexual assault

cmorehouse's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Rape, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual assault, and Violence

clynnc95's review against another edition

dark emotional informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Rape, and Murder