Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

84 reviews

hehashcraft's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.0

The writing is fine but the content is so horrific. Cannot believe people like that woman actually exist in this world. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

serenaann's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Cancer, Chronic illness, Cursing, Drug use, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Self harm, Terminal illness, Excrement, Vomit, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

vbarker91's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gaslighting

Minor: Cancer, Homophobia, Rape, and Terminal illness

debbiem226's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

It doesn’t feel right to rate this book as it is a horrific telling of the true life heinous crimes and abuse of real people, some of who are no longer living as a result of this abuse, all at the hands of Michelle “Shelly” Knotek. This story absolutely enraged me, I found myself seething and yelling out loud about how much I hate this woman for the things she did to those she was supposed to nurture, care for..love. Idk if I have ever felt so sick listening to a book. She disgusts me as does her husband Dave. And listening to this book knowing that both of these sick individuals are now out of prison walking around free while three people are dead, while their three daughters will always be effected by the terrible things she did. My heart ached for her children and for Kathy and Ron. It’s so hard to believe true evil such as this exists out in the world. I pray that no one else falls victim to this psychopath and if that does happen the justice system should be held accountable for allowing her to only have to serve 22 years. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

rhireadz12's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Murder, and Gaslighting

bhahnert's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

jessrica77's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

This was a good story, but I did not care for how it was written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Gaslighting

fink1129's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

riverass's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense

4.0

this is definitely nauseating and very very shocking and just crazy in general. and the fact it’s real is crazy, but i still have so many unanswered questions but overall really enjoyed this book just don’t read if you don’t like choppy books as it’s almost like mini chapters in chapters idk how to explain it, but i quite enjoyed how it was structured and the pacing though it was a lot of graphic stuff so watch out 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Homophobia

asmokeybear's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail