405 reviews for:

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers

Caroline Fraser

3.85 AVERAGE

maggieb308's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

captainfez's review

4.0

challenging dark informative mysterious sad medium-paced

dannyitisntreal's review against another edition

4.0

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I love books where the author isn’t necessarily saying, “This happened because of that: true fact.” Instead, they explore two separate themes, place them side by side, and ask, “Don’t you think this is interesting? Are you seeing it too?”

amandacreadsbooks's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark informative sad medium-paced

deanparadis's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative sad tense medium-paced

crisco's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark informative slow-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Murder

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

3.0

dark informative sad medium-paced

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    I wanted to like this book; however, it was extremely repetitive and way too graphic for my taste. I also wish the author had left out a good portion of the book about her childhood. 

    It was an odd mix of autobiography, history, and true crime. I think it could have been at least 100 pages shorter; it was just trying to be too many different books at once. 

  Though I did appreciate the premise of how the age of serial killers was caused by toxic pollution, and how we may have another one if such pollution is allowed to come back. 

   Overall, just meh.

Narrator Rating: 3.0 stars

   The narrator was okay, but nothing special. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Sexual harassment, Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cancer, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Incest, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Excrement, Dementia, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol

Minor: War

peachtreegothic's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

jmeslener's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

bookminx's review against another edition

2.5

dark sad medium-paced