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What this book did do successful was to lay out a fairly succinct list of the accusations and charges brought against de Rais and the ultimate outcome of his trial, as well as the generally accepted stances on his guilt post the 1992 retrial.
While a decent overview, nowhere near as deep as I like to dive into my subjects of nonfiction, and overly graphic in its zeal to list out a number of other historical high body count serial killers. Will be keeping until I have a more satisfactorily rigorous book (or books) on the subject.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, and Murder
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Confinement, Violence, Kidnapping, and Gaslighting
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Child death and Car accident
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Infidelity, Sexual content, Vomit, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, and Outing
Moderate: Animal death, Emotional abuse, Blood, Excrement, and Abandonment
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, and Death of parent
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Medical content, and Dementia
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Dementia
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Death and Medical content
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment