Reviews tagging 'Torture'

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

51 reviews

stacylaughs's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Murder

Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Violence, and Kidnapping

Minor: Alcoholism and Pandemic/Epidemic

abbimmorgan's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

2.5

This is such an interesting concept and it’s hard to believe the story is true. But, I thought I’d like this book a lot more. The premise should make for a 5/5 book and this just didn’t do it for me. At times I felt rather bored, surprisingly. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Murder

Moderate: Torture

kingsteph's review

dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Torture, Violence, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Rape, Suicide, Xenophobia, Medical content, Abortion, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, and Abandonment

kenley11's review against another edition

dark informative sad tense medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Abortion, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

lulugirl297's review

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Lesbophobia, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Abandonment

mysterymom40's review

challenging informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Torture, Blood, and Murder

kellyofcali's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.75

This is a well written book that crosses two related subjects - one, the world's fair, and two, a serial killer. I found both interesting, which means he did a good job, though I did find it dragged on a little long towards the denouement of both storylines. It's also a little confusing what is real vs. not, though I know that bothers some people more than others.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Domestic abuse, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Grief, and Pregnancy

Minor: Sexism and Fire/Fire injury

magosti1's review against another edition

dark emotional slow-paced

2.0

Deeply disturbing true crime novel about a serial killer in Chicago while the worlds fair was being built. Too disturbing 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

joviyanna's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, Suicide, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

camilleion's review against another edition

informative inspiring slow-paced

4.0

90% architectural history, 10% true crime.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Torture, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Suicide, and Abandonment