Reviews tagging 'Rape'

The Killer Across the Table by John E. Douglas, Mark Olshaker

18 reviews

sajayyy's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual violence, Violence, Rape, Murder, and Adult/minor relationship

taylorlanxon's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Rape, Murder, Pedophilia, Torture, Suicide attempt, Car accident, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Child death, Death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Stalking

tillie__'s review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty

rose_poirot's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

3.5

John Douglas get into the horrible horrible things humans have done to each other but I believe he focuses on the narrative of stranger danger rather than the realities of most people being killed by someone they are close to. 

He does give merit to the tormented childhoods of many of the criminals he discusses. John lands on incarceration and ultimately the death penalty being the ideal outcome and spends little time focusing on intervention and policy or funding to provide services before these people get to the point of assault and murder.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Rape, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Suicide, Kidnapping, Gun violence, Racism, Animal death, and Violence

alyssa_s10's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Rape, Murder, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Violence

dysgraceless's review against another edition

dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Medical content, and Kidnapping

urreadtome's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Death

librarymouse's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.0

This was an interesting look into the work that's gone into linking the fields of criminal investigation and psychology/psychiatry. To have to pretend to empathize with murderers and violent criminals as a necessary part of one's job sounds incredibly draining. One of the hospitals mentioned in the section addressing the two killer nurses is familiar to me.  It was unsettling, though I guess my reaction points out the idea a lot of us live under, which is that violent crimes happen to other people in other place. It can't happen to us, or near where we feel safe.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Animal death, Body horror, Car accident, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Torture, Child abuse, Child death, Blood, Kidnapping, Medical content, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Rape, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Sexual assault, and Suicide

Minor: Addiction and Alcohol

ksuazo94's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Murder, Rape, and Torture

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Child abuse, Grief, Animal cruelty, Death, and Sexual violence

uly_mckown's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Violence, Murder, and Animal cruelty