Reviews tagging 'Homophobia'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

84 reviews

ohyeahshebomb's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

ftd318's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

twistykris's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

3.75

The abuse and torture so many endured at the hands of Shelly (and Dave) is absolutely horrific. A very difficult read for the content involved (PLEASE check trigger/ content warnings).

I understand how difficult it must have been to compile all of this information from multiple people, but at times the book felt very repetitive and used a lot of unnecessary metaphors. 

Also, I have

VERY little sympathy for Dave. Yes, he was abused by Shelly and being a victim of someone so terrifying can alter your mentality, I know. But you CANNOT tell me he didn't know that what she was doing was so fucking wrong. He literally shot and killed his own nephew because she told him to. He watched his wife abuse her children and grown adults. He says he didn't know bleach was bad for the skin and thought it was fine that Shelly made Ron soak his feet in boiling water and bleach?? HUH?! And the fact they're both OUT AND FREE? Disgusting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Slavery, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism and Animal cruelty

emilydaoust's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, and Murder

Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Gaslighting

Minor: Confinement and Rape

cfarron's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Suicide attempt, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

kinsbows's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Gaslighting

sammiepineapple's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

3.0

The book was descriptive, these children and at risk adults were certainly living a nightmare. It is scary to think about the people in the world who are truly doing these things. 

As for the book, it felt a little long winded and repetitive. I wouldn’t read it again but I’m glad I finished it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Classism

jenni_sunderland's review against another edition

dark sad tense slow-paced

3.0

Why the fuck did no one stop this woman 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

stephanieluxton's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Toxic relationship, Murder, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Homophobia, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Excrement and Vomit

raesengele's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Torture, Murder, and Gaslighting

This is a VERY graphic book. For the first time while reading true crime I honestly wondered if I should be reading these things. It's horrific what happened, but the family wanted it to be told.