Reviews tagging 'Car accident'

The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World by Sarah Weinman

8 reviews

omgbiscoffspread's review against another edition

challenging informative sad medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Child abuse, Pedophilia, and Death

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.75

          The true story of Sally Horner and how her ordeal inspired the author of Lolita is awful and tragic. She suffered so much in her short life, and it is a very sad story.
           However, this book was a bit dry, and I think focused too much on the author of Lolita and not enough on Sally. I think this may have been due to a lack of records for Sally since she didn't live a public life. 
           The narrator wasn't great, and it was hard to concentrate on the book. She wasn't the worst non-fiction narrator, but she also certainly wasn't the best. Her lack of emotion didn't really match the subject matter. 
           Overall, a decent book. But I'd recommend reading a physical or digital copy over the audio. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Confinement, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Violence, Grief, Death, and Child death

Moderate: Sexual violence, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Rape

josiebug's review

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

3.75

I know it’s not the point but I wouldn’t have minded knowing the author’s personal opinion on Nabokov more

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Kidnapping, Emotional abuse, Death, Pedophilia, Car accident, Child abuse, Rape, and Child death

Moderate: Sexism and Bullying

wolf013's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Bullying, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Pedophilia, Car accident, and Death

amandas_bookshelf's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, Toxic relationship, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, and Sexism

Moderate: Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Gaslighting, and Murder

jmcordero's review against another edition

emotional sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Child abuse, Child death, Kidnapping, Pedophilia, and Trafficking

Moderate: Rape and Stalking

irese_s12's review

dark emotional sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Car accident, Child death, and Adult/minor relationship

queenbeemimi's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Car accident, and Suicide

Moderate: Rape and Domestic abuse