Reviews tagging 'Pedophilia'

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

31 reviews

sarahlovesbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

Intense, compelling, feminist, heartbreaking at times. It was an audiobook I couldn't stop listening to.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Toxic relationship

rodiemom's review against another edition

challenging dark fast-paced

4.0

This book is so difficult to read. I had to skip parts because the descriptions of the author’s own sexual assault were too much for me to take in. That said, it tells the story so compassionately and brings light to the devastation effects of rape culture in locker rooms and in college campuses across the country. So well written. The crossover between the author’s investigation and her own personal abuse made this read more difficult to read, and I ended up
Skipping several pages because of personal  triggers. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

gossamerchild's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This was challenging to read at times. The author became a private investigator and ends up delving deeply into a high profile rape and sexual assault case. She flips between the case and her own struggles with mental health, in large part due to her own sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather. It's...not easy to read about. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, and Rape

mklein319's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual harassment

torturedreadersdept's review against another edition

challenging dark informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Grief, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Dysphoria

mantisshrimp's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Gun violence and Suicidal thoughts

emallovesreading's review against another edition

sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

pink_ranger1030's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

empireofgold's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Physical abuse

Minor: Suicidal thoughts

toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

Described as part literary true crime and part memoir, this book is about Erika Krouse's early career as a private investigator who played a large role in cracking open a landmark sexual assault case. This details not only her interviews with survivors and details about the case itself, but personal stories about her life leading up to the investigation, during, and after. At first, I was worried that I was going to be bored with the memoir side of things. I thought that the true crime stuff was all I was going to care about, but what ended up happening instead was that I cared about both elements. Krouse's own story of survival intertwines with the story of this case in a way that never feels forced or shoe-horned in. The stories of her fraught relationship with her mother were heartbreaking, and her journey with mental illness was relatable. Another nice touch to this book was that there was information sprinkled throughout about all sorts of things that I didn't know much about. I learned about the first ever female private eye in the US, the inception of the Pinkertons, and much, much more. The only reason I docked this down half a star is because I feel....very weird giving a book based around sexual assault 5 stars, but that's a me problem. If you like true crime, memoirs, and non fiction, you should give this one a try: but please heed the trigger warnings online first.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Fatphobia, Incest, Slavery, and Car accident

Minor: Genocide, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Excrement, Pregnancy, and Cultural appropriation