Reviews tagging 'Torture'

My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf

4 reviews

jessloves_books's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Death, Sexual violence, Torture, and Murder

brookey8888's review

dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

3.25

I don’t know something about this doesn’t sit right with me. I know the author did his research but it feels like all of this is not his information like he only hung up with him like once. That being said I did learn some things because I’ve never really watched any of the TV shows or movies about it because it’s kind of weird to me. I don’t know the other style I also really don’t like at all to be honest. I would say if you wanna learn more maybe but I don’t know it just felt weird to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Alcohol

msradiosilence's review

challenging dark fast-paced

1.5

I was really expecting more. An insight into his background would’ve been interesting, but not this apologetic work. I understand it’s a memoir, and cheers to Backderf for finding it in his heart to feel sympathy for Dahmer, but you won’t find any from me, and it makes me a little sick that Backderf tried to explain that Dahmer’s issues were a result of a bad home life, intrusive thoughts, bullying, and the like. Plenty of other people have had one of more of those things happen and didn’t stalk and murder other people. This books reads a lot like the news reports of (TW!!)

school shootings,

where they try to make it out like the perpetrator was also a victim, but like I said, there are people who are going through the same things, or worse, and aren’t unaliving other people.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Antisemitism, Murder, and Alcohol

izzettl's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Homophobia, Torture, and Murder