Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

8 reviews

hedyharper's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Blood, Stalking, Murder, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

crimsonash606's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

A good read for those interested in true crime. It gives a complex and heart breaking perspective on what kind of life precedes the horror Dahmer inflicted.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Vomit, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cannibalism

mohrsecode's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Murder

Moderate: Ableism, Homophobia, and Sexual content

louislover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

It was a nice change to see a book about someone like this based on their life before they did what they did, it was really interesting to see from someone who actually knew him the things he noticed as he looks back on it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism

greenrequiem's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Homophobia, and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying and Murder

Minor: Racism

calamitymeat's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

3.75

Not as sensationalized and out of touch as literally any other true crime story. I appreciate that Backderf only explicitly shows or mentions the murders like 2 or 3 times. It's a lot more tasteful and respectful to the victims and their families than portraying in detail the brutal murder and torture of gay men of colour, unlike other books and shows about Dahmer. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Blood and Toxic friendship

Minor: Homophobia, Suicide, Vomit, and Cannibalism

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

3.25

I don’t know something about this doesn’t sit right with me. I know the author did his research but it feels like all of this is not his information like he only hung up with him like once. That being said I did learn some things because I’ve never really watched any of the TV shows or movies about it because it’s kind of weird to me. I don’t know the other style I also really don’t like at all to be honest. I would say if you wanna learn more maybe but I don’t know it just felt weird to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

izzettl's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Torture, and Murder