Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer

32 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

rafacolog's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Rape, Child abuse, Death, Murder, and Violence

juliarenae's review against another edition

dark informative slow-paced

3.0

very informative and interesting to read about

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Sexual assault

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

daniellekat's review against another edition

dark funny informative fast-paced

2.75

The conclusion actually improved my feelings on this book. I initially thought this was very repetitive and focused a little too heavily on historical tales, but apparently that was by design. I appreciate that the author took a minute to recognize the racial biases present, but wish Telfer spent a little more time editing to make this less Eurocentric. The language was easy to read and navigate (at times a little gruesome but not overly explicit). Cutting a couple chapters would have improved the overall work given how similar a few were. I loved the artwork but thought the organization of the book (or lack thereof) was bizarre. Solid effort but not an author I'd gravitate to again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Torture, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Mental illness, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence

Poison

probablytoolate's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Murder, Torture, Classism, and Death

emma6544's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Domestic abuse

leanneymu's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

A re-read for me. A fascinating book about female murderers from history, that is actually about the ways in which oppression, desperation, greed and terrible circumstances can cause people to do reckless and desperate things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Violence

sofiam19's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Infidelity, Confinement, Slavery, Torture, Body horror, Classism, Death, Excrement, Murder, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: War, Vomit, and Incest

megwilli's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Death, and Gore