Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

If You Tell by Gregg Olsen

10 reviews

systemofanoun's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Torture, Slavery, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Murder, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Cancer, Body shaming, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Animal death

hollistera's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Animal death, Death, and Emotional abuse

melly82092's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

5.0

I don't think I have ever read a story more painful and gut wrenching then this one. The Author did an excellent job re-telling the events through the POV of those involved. This one is going to haunt me for quite awhile, I can feel it... 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Child death, Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, Gun violence, Death, Body shaming, Homophobia, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Torture, Murder, Mental illness, Cursing, Child abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Drug use, Cancer, and Blood

cxxitlyn's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

1.5

The writing in this book really ruined it for me. It felt very poor for the first half, after that it just seemed I had grown “used” to it. The events described are horrific, and it’s hard to remember that these are things people truly lived through and experienced. Reading their story is really the only thing that kept me reading. Their events are told in detail though, so this book is not for the faint of heart as some of the things described are incredibly hard to read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Bullying, Death, Abandonment, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Body shaming, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Fatphobia, Grief, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Torture, Toxic friendship, Blood, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Child abuse, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Animal death, Cancer, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Hate crime, Murder, and Homophobia

madsreads_'s review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

2.0

as you can see by all the content warnings - a grim read. also felt like the author was kind of revelling in the vivid descriptions of abuse????? the story felt almost fictional in the way it was written, unlike other true crime I have read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Mental illness, Murder, Alcoholism, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Suicide, Bullying, Body shaming, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Toxic relationship, and Violence

lilracc's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicide attempt, Homophobia, Hate crime, Gun violence, Drug abuse, Child abuse, Cancer, Animal death, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Excrement, Emotional abuse, Cursing, and Blood

beth_waller97's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Gun violence, Chronic illness, Mental illness, Body horror, Gore, Death, and Animal death

onkenzisshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

5.0

 So nonfiction isn’t my jam. I wish it was because there are SO many incredible nonfiction books out there, but they just don’t do it for me.

Then came this one. Jason bought this for me last year and I noticed it was nonfiction so I sat it on my shelf and forgot about it. MAN am I glad I picked it up again.

This is the HORRIFYING tale of the Knotek sisters and the horrible abuse they faced from their mother, Michelle (Shelly) and father, Dave. So many TWs for descriptions of abuse, death, etc. I cannot IMAGINE what these girls, as well as Kathy, Ron, and Shane, endured. This book read like fiction. I seriously devoured it in less than 24 hours, even though it was SUCH a hard read. These girls are potentially the strongest people I’ve ever read about.

I’m a true crime fan, and can handle descriptions of horrendous things, but some of these events left me nauseous. Please look up trigger warnings and maybe even a description of the case before reading this, but I highly recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Torture

kaborn's review

dark emotional sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Cancer, Child abuse, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, and Violence

dclazygirl's review

3.75

Really dark and interesting. But some of the info became repetitive and too detailed

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Violence