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Violence
A lot
Serial killer attacks on women depicted with disturbing detail; violent crime scenes throughout
Language
Some
Period-appropriate language; some strong words in heated scenes
Sexual Content
Some
Sexual content in the girlfriend's relationship with the killer; coercive dynamics
Substance Use
Some
1970s party culture; drug use among college characters
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Survivor trauma, media's romanticization of killers, complicity and enablement, PTSD
What this book is about
In 1978, a Ted Bundy-like killer attacks two sorority houses in Florida, leaving most women dead. Pamela, a survivor, refuses to let the killer become romanticized by media and law enforcement. In parallel, the killer's girlfriend Stacy narrates her own slow awakening to what she was enabling. Jessica Knoll's furious, precise thriller reclaims the story for the women who lived it.
Notes for sensitive readers
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graphic violence against women
serial killer romanticization critiqued
sexual coercion
survivor trauma
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