Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Ystäväni Dahmer by Derf Backderf

7 reviews

directorpurry's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Child abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Alcoholism, Bullying, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Violence, Addiction, Blood, Death, Sexual violence, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Antisemitism

louislover's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

4.0

It was a nice change to see a book about someone like this based on their life before they did what they did, it was really interesting to see from someone who actually knew him the things he noticed as he looks back on it. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Sexual violence, Blood, Alcohol, Bullying, Cannibalism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Sexual assault, Gore, Homophobia, Murder, and Stalking

Minor: Ableism

brookey8888's review against another edition

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

kashby's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Bullying, Death, Drug use, Murder, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, and Sexual violence

msradiosilence's review against another edition

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

booksborrowed's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad fast-paced

3.0

A former classmate of Jeffery Dahmer shares his personal experiences and collective research of others to show a speculative story into Dahmer's childhood. 

This graphic novel was easy enough to follow and kept my dark interest into the human psyche entertained. There is a lot of added materials and notes to get even more information from at the end. 

It could have been interesting if there was less explanation in writing and the author used the drawings for more of an emotional impact. 

Overall, this was a quick on sitting read, and held a lot of opinions reading as a memoir. I wouldn't say don't try it, but it didn't "wow" me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Sexual violence, and Violence

ajreffsin's review against another edition

challenging dark informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual violence, Bullying, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Alcoholism, and Ableism