Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Tell Me Everything: The Story of a Private Investigation by Erika Krouse

71 reviews

marahasenstaub's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny informative sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

katunraveled's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

courtneymminor's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad medium-paced

2.0

This book combined memoir and true crime, which I don’t think is a good (reliable) combination. The author’s story about her experiences as a PI, childhood, abuse, and relationships felt like a strange mix with the Title IX case. Just seemed like 2 separate stories, awkwardly woven together. I think it would be better presented solely as a memoir. I try to be more generous when “rating” memoirs, but this just had too many glaring issues in my opinion.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse

victoria_c's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

terriep's review against another edition

dark emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I listened to this book and it was so well narrated that it was easy to keep the characters straight. The book is a blend of memoir and nonfiction as the author winds her personal story of abuse and a terrible relationship with her mother around her job investigating a college campus rape case and the football program that allowed it. Two very strong but very separate stories that mostly worked together. 

I found both stories compelling - Krouse's telling of the rape victims and her difficult conversations with them as well as the rapists was hard to listen to and even harder to understand - to wrap my head around colleges/institutions/any organization or program that condones and even encourages that abusive behavior. With each of her successes, I felt thrilled along with her.

Her own abuse as a young child was equally difficult but the harder one to absorb was the absolute nightmare of her relationship (or lack thereof) with her mom. Her mom didn't love her, apparently never loved her, and the lack of that relationship and choosing the abuser over her own daughter was really hard to listen to. Clearly Krouse felt the need to share her own abusive situation though it didn't always connect to or relate to the rape story. However, it did help explain her dogged determination to help, to ease these young women's hurts. 

A disturbing but well written book - just be aware of the topics if those are triggers for you.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse

Moderate: Rape

winkinater's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

3.0

This reads more like a memoir than true crime coverage.  It is a real middle of the road book for me.  I was very interested in the subject and wanted to learn more about the case, but I think I’d have learned more about it if I’d done my own research (which I will now do).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Pedophilia

sierrajhansen's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.5

i really enjoyed the parts of this book that focused on the case but found myself drifting (and strangely a little uncomfortable?) during the parts about the author, especially the parts about her marriage and martial arts. i found it really intriguing in terms of the way football culture can sponsor a crime culture that varies by position.

also, the case being denied and then back on was a little confusing to me.

but overall a pretty good book, just a bit slow at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

nesscress's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Sexual assault

sammies_shelf's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.5

The timelines felt a little disjointed which took away from the way the different story lines and her processing moved together. I also wish there was a little more background on Title IX, though I appreciate that the author included a reflection on the current state of it (Betsy Devos, etc.) in the epilogue. I think this is a really unique story of sexual violence survival as Erika processes her trauma through this case, and much of it was very moving as I was also able to see myself in some of her reflections. I just wish the execution was more well-rounded overall.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Fatphobia

sarahbrown_6's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment