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solesea's review against another edition
1.0
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Death of parent, and Murder
ibby2's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body shaming, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Xenophobia, Blood, Police brutality, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
sylviea28's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Car accident, and Abandonment
graysondyed's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
alexisgarcia's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Pedophilia, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
emy_clemy's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
ashwaar's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Rape, Abandonment, and Alcohol
Minor: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Car accident
gh1's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Toxic friendship
reiley_61's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Gun violence, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Racism, and Rape
Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death
sarasreading's review against another edition
3.25
It's also probably the first book where I've had to write out all the names, because the first third or so of the book throws dozens of people at you, some you never really see again, and some you do. So it's hard to know who is going to be important until the story unfolds.
Also, as you get deeper into the book, it becomes less about the true crime, and morphs into a study of the killers' lives, one in particular. By the end it's obvious that this was done to show that criminal psychology is complex and not as black and white as it was believed back in the 1950s. But the reader doesn't really know that while slogging through the middle of the book, which is bogged down with pages and pages of letters and biopyschosocial history.
Still, glad I read it, and it's probably a must for any true crime lover.
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Gun violence, Racial slurs, and Murder
Moderate: Pedophilia