Reviews tagging 'Child abuse'

Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency by Andy Greenberg

9 reviews

neuroqueer_af's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Sexual violence

akpa1's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

tedcannon's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative medium-paced

5.0

The first 3/4 of this book is a really fun and exciting cop chasing bad guys story. Then it gets reeeeeally dark as they talk about some dark corners of the dark web. They give a heads up in the introduction, but even without extensive description it is really bleak. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, and Suicide

_ciaran's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

litwtchreads's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

5.0

This was well researched, well written, and a very compelling read. However, it definitely delves into some dark topics (specifically Part IV) so be warned. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Pedophilia

Part IV of this book delves into the detailed investigation of the dark web CSAM website Welcome to Video and talks about some of the kinds of content on that site as well as the impact it had on victims and investigators

nicastronaut's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Andy does a fantastic job of taking real events and weaving a gripping story out of them. Even if you're unfamiliar with some "cyber" concepts, Andy makes it approachable and easy to digest. Creating characters out of real people, thrillers out of true events-- this is a great follow up to Sandworm!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Drug abuse, and Suicide

mercurial's review

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual violence, and Suicide

readingnormal's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

Enlightening into the rise of crypto, the motives behind it and the takedown of several heinous crimes through online black markets. A fast read, although weirdly paced. I think parts one and two suffice, with part three being a weird bridge from the past to the present, skipping way faster than necessary. Also fair warning, at times it almost reads like an advertisement for Chainanalysis and their software, although it does a good job at describing its background.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Trafficking

subdue_provide75's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative sad tense fast-paced

3.0

Learned a lot about how traceable and not anonymous Bitcoin is! Though heads-up: this book is almost exclusively written from a law enforcement perspective, despite being written by a journalist. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence