Reviews tagging 'Misogyny'

Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer

6 reviews

leweylibrary's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense slow-paced

4.25

I appreciated the breadth and depth this book went into about female serial killers and that it took a more character/person and story based tactic. I think it helped humanize these women and show them as more than the evil caricatures that are so often portrayed. I also appreciated the humor throughout, it surprisingly blended well with the serious topics imo. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Death, Gore, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, and Forced institutionalization

cosmicpanda's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Classism, Misogyny, Abandonment, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

elysenicole213's review against another edition

challenging dark funny informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Murder

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, War, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Trafficking, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, and Physical abuse

Minor: Colonisation, Gore, Animal death, Drug abuse, Abortion, Incest, Child death, and Blood

idun_aurora's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

As an introduction to female serial killers, this was very well done. I'm sure there is more to all the stories thta would warrant them entire books of their own (I think there is a book called The Angelmakers about the Nagyrev poisonings), but this book gives much depth and insight on the few pages reserved for each chapter. You can grab onto what interested you the most and dig deeper elsewhere! Great book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Abortion, Alcohol, Blood, Child death, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Hate crime, Incest, Infidelity, Murder, Suicide, Suicide attempt, War, Confinement, Misogyny, Torture, Violence, Medical content, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Self harm, and Suicidal thoughts

sarahaf712's review against another edition

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Abortion, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Incest

epeolatri's review

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Death, Violence, Child death, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Torture, Excrement, Rape, Suicide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Incest