Reviews tagging 'Cannibalism'

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

11 reviews

magmabadger's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Ableism, Bullying, Blood, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Stalking, and Murder

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

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

evelynleigh's review against another edition

dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, Murder, and Abandonment

Minor: Violence and Cannibalism

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

mynameschrissy's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Cannibalism, and Murder

amarj33t_5ingh's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.0

An insightful gaze into Dahmer's past to argue he wasn't born evil but made evil by his dysfunctional family. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Alcohol

riddlemethis's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Alcoholism

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective medium-paced

3.5

The graphic novel didn't trivialize the terrible things Jeffrey Dahmer did, and it did give insight into the circumstances through which he was created, or at least not stopped. It felt weird to read about him in a positive light. The author specified that Dahmer's actions were unforgivable and that his sympathy for Dahmer ended at his first murder, but the narrative can be disconcerting at times.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, and Cannibalism

Moderate: Abandonment

juniorclassroom's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Violence, and Cannibalism