Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

173 reviews

abby_c_m's review

dark emotional sad

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Incest, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Gaslighting

maruchan's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

I don't know how to rate this book.

Should I give if five stars so people know I recommend it?

I feel bad giving a rating to an experience so raw.

What happened to this girl's is simply awful. Can't be put into words. Please know that this is a really painful read. It will stay with me for a long, long time. 

How can a person be so rotten inside? We will never know. I feel so bad knowing she was released from jail. Justice wasn't served enough.

Please read this. Even tho it's hard, the sisters deserve their story to be known. 

This book was so well written, it felt like fiction. I wish it was fiction. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

ashleyneidick's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

3.0

The stories told in this book are truly, absolutely horrific. You can’t help but feel for the victims. But the way the book is written makes everything feel pieced together, which it is to an extent, but there are a ton of blanks that could have been filled in that weren’t - such as almost nothing written about the police and why they didn’t act sooner, and so much was left out of the trials. It was hard to get through and finish this book for more than one reason.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Homophobia

elizabeth_25's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Grief, and Murder

redrose90's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.25

Can be triggering for some

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

Minor: Alcoholism, Chronic illness, and Excrement

hhanock's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Blood, and Murder

jessikkaha's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

It’s hard to give this book such a high rating for the difficult content it contained. But the retelling of this story and how it brought to light stories of abuse was very well written. Sending so much positive energy and peace to the girls. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

tmlong's review against another edition

dark emotional sad fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, and Murder

tayreads10's review against another edition

It was absolutely sickening especially knowing this was a true story. I couldn't stomach it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

allthingstajah's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Torture