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This is as much a self-portrait of an obsessive mind as it is a true crime book.

I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

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I will not let this review defeat me! I will not! I have so much to say about this book I don’t know how to organize it, and I’m still not sure what I’m going to rate it even as I type this; and I’m still freaked out by it, and still sad, and I want the Golden State Killer caught, but what if he’s dead?? If he’s dead, we’re never going to catch him!! ARGGGGh. Okay, so I’ve been looking forward to this book ever since I heard about it, back before Michelle McNamara died in April 2016. The Golden […]

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3/13/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:32 |

Burn it all down

A False Report: A True Story of Rape in America by T. Christian Miller and Ken Armstrong

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Obviously books about rape aren’t the easiest reads in the world, but this one actually felt easier than most. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot to get angry and be horrified about in here. It’s just that the authors presented their material in a way that wasn’t gratuitous or overwhelmingly gruesome. I felt like they walked the line between letting the reader know the full picture of what happened without going overboard on crime details. A few years ago, ProPublica and The Marshall Project jointly published An Unbelievable Story of Rape which blew up the internet for quite a […]

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2/19/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:23 |

A great primer in how both higher education and the justice system victimise women a second time in cases of rape and assault

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

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I finally picked up Missoula just as the #metoo revelations started to pick up steam. As someone who’s had a lifetime full of #metoo moments, I was both eager and hesitant to dive into this read about multiple rape accusations in the college town of Missoula, Montana (home of the University of Montana Grizzlies!), and the school, and/or police investigations, (or lack thereof) and trials, (or lack thereof) which resulted from those accusations. This is not a good choice for the faint-hearted, or anyone who has been a victim of sexual violence. As I lay in bed reading at night, my poor […]

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1/17/2018 | 's CBR10 Review No:3 |

An ugly, ugly book

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

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I’ll open this review by saying I have a very low tolerance for books or movies that feature torture. I just don’t want those images in my head. I don’t want to think about the fact that human beings do such depraved and terrible things to other human beings. I don’t want to think about the fact that people’s last hours have been filled with pain and horror initiated by the whims of another person. I don’t even want to think about how an author or director can sit there and conjure up terrible things to do to characters in […]

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8/14/2017 's CBR9 Review No:18 |

To my great surprise and delight, the dog lives!

A Dark Lure by Loreth Anne White

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So spoiler alert, there’s an awesome dog in this book, and he doesn’t die! To me, that is very important information to have when reading a book. If it’s not important to you, then I really don’t want to know you 😁. A dog dying in a book really sours the whole experience for me. This book is about a serial killer and rapist who everyone thinks is dead. However, obviously he’s not. His last victim survived months and months of rape and torture. She was also pregnant during it all. On the last day of her captivity he set […]

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5/24/2017 's CBR9 Review No:26 |

What I feel is relief. It wasn’t me.

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

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Welp, I just picked up The Handmaid’s Tale this afternoon, and finished it in one sitting. Not because I couldn’t put it down, but because I absolutely refused to stop, let it percolate, and dare to wonder at what could be coming. Honestly, it’s too believable. I knew that it would be; you can’t avoid talk of the story these days. But it’s strikingly real, and for that reason, downright horrifying. I never caught myself picking apart the believability, or the potential. This is dystopian fiction at its most stripped-down. There are no remarkable flights of fancy, no absurdist guesses at […]

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4/29/2017 's CBR9 Review No:19 |

A thriller with a very dark theme

Into the Darkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes

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This review/book requires a trigger warning: Graphic depictions of sexual assault, rape, domestic violence and stalking   This…is a tough book to recommend to anyone. And yes, you’ll see the high star rating I gave it and wonder how that jives, but my reluctance is purely over the subject matter and not the writing or characters or plot development. The novel follows Catherine Bailey, a British woman who we see alternately in her late twenties and then a few years later (depending on the chapter).  There are also parts (including the opening of the book) that take place even further […]

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4/12/2017 's CBR9 Review No:8 |

Believe women.

Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer

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There was no way this was going to be an easy read; listening to it on audiobook was downright chilling. I’ve gotta hand it to Krakauer for treating this topic and these women with the consideration and respect they deserve. This book is meticulously researched, and Krakauer’s forthright prose style works tremendously well when examining the testimony and transcripts that make up the evidence in the presented cases. Krakauer himself must needs very little editorializing to get the point across, because the documents speak for themselves. I typically listen to audiobooks on my commute home, whether I’m driving or on […]

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3/29/2017 's CBR9 Review No:21 |


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