Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green

14 reviews

readalongwithnat's review against another edition

4.0

Audiobook narrator was so phenomenal I had to keep reminding myself that this was true crime and that I should be less into the story oops. Devastating, but I loved the way Green compiled this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious reflective fast-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Violence, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Rape, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use and Panic attacks/disorders

hmatt's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

2.5

I'm firmly out of my true crime phase, but I suspect this book might be better liked by those who are more interested in the genre. 

I found the narration pretty dry and scattered. I know the author was attempting to tell the victims' stories, but it resulted in so many tangents about people who had no relevance to the crimes and made it hard for me to follow the main story. There wasn't a whole lot of mystery to the whole thing, but I don't think there was supposed to be. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Homophobia, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

It's true crime, so everything that's described is done in a very matter-of-fact way and is not glorified if that makes a difference.

killerpancake's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Medical content, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Cursing, Racism, and Blood

This is true crime where the victims were gay men and includes crime scene information. I appreciate that it focused more on the victim's lives instead of venerating the killer.