Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

12 reviews

loonaglow's review against another edition

dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

3.5 !! 

as a true crime enjoyer i did enjoy that it was based on ted bundy. i enjoyed how the writer never romanticised him and really showed the victims in a light that a lot of people don’t 

however, the last 80 pages of the book lost me and felt like they were dragging on and could’ve been cut down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Sexual violence, Religious bigotry, and Murder

ellecam's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I fear this book might have ruined my reading goal for the rest of the year because nothing else will compare. Men are infuriating, the patriarchy is infuriating, true crime is normally infuriating but this approach truly turned the narrative on its head. A fictionalised feminist re-telling of the victims of the infamous “All American Sex Killer”, painting him as the pathetic incel he truly was, is something I never knew I needed to read. Until I read it. BRAVO.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Rape, and Murder

Moderate: Pedophilia and Religious bigotry

Minor: Incest and Dementia

katry's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Sexual harassment

ammcd1118's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, and Sexual harassment

virgcole398's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia

sdcalgirl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Beautiful story speaking against sensationalizing serial killers and revealing the truth of how they are true, despicable garbage. The women and survivors who continue to fight are the real heroes 🫶🏼

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Content Warnings

Minor: Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment

fancyjess_party's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and Sexual harassment

pastlifetragedy's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting

Minor: Infidelity, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

abicaro17's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

I'm not sure how I feel about this book. On one hand, the story of a woman, traumatized by her best friends brutal murder, becoming a Colombia educated laywer and testifying against the man who brutalized her is so profoundly cool. On the other hand, this story lacks character. Pamela is a pretty flat character. She is organized and truth seeking but thats all she is and that never changes. Also this book did not need to be dual pov. Tina could have explained Ruths story and it could have been up to the readers to determine if she was telling the truth. The book spells out everything and anything thats a mystery. Also by writing a Ted Bundy book it just keeps his memory and crimes alive. I think the intention was the show that he wasn't clever just lucky thats everyone else was dumber but, it mostly just comes about like a retelling from fake pov. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

kyrstin_p1989's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Fascinating yet sickening, this book is like a derailed train…you just can’t help but to keep looking even when you feel like you should turn away. The plot of the story is unbelievable on purpose, because who ever thinks they’re going to be attacked by a serial killer. I liked the two different perspectives but found the shifting timeline confusing from time to time and I had to check the chapter heading and make sure I knew where I was in time. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Incest, Infidelity, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail