Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer

4 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

lilithsnow's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

What a page turning read! I loved the tone of this book. It was serious enough for the subject matter (serial killers) without taking itself too seriously. The Nannie chapter was perfectly placed to bring in a more lighthearted tone - killer granny - before moving on to the more… depressing(?) themes of the following women killers. While Nannie didn’t really know why she killed, it was more for her pleasure than anything, the sisters from Fez seemed to start out from necessity of poverty - not that that excuses any of their actions at all.

It’s a fascinating look into the history of female serial killers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Abandonment, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Animal death

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