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Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
12 reviews
catriona176's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Murder, Violence, and Gun violence
Moderate: Death, Suicide, and Hate crime
chilivanilli28's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Death, and Murder
aileron's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Murder, Suicidal thoughts, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Racism
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
4.25
A look into women's relationship with true crime from four perspectives. The author looks into four points of contact with true crime and obsession.
This book had a lot of social commentary which I enjoyed and made me think about my relationship with true crime. Luckily for me, I don't seem to be obsessed. I listen to many podcasts but avoid rabbit holes and obsessive searches into cases.
Overall, it is a great reflection on women's relationship to true crime and how it affects women and society overall.
Graphic: Confinement, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic relationship, Death, Blood, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Sexism, Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Mass/school shootings, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Gun violence, and Bullying
sakisreads's review
3.5
There are 4 ‘perspectives’ or ‘stories’ to be shared: the detective, the victim (faux friend?), the defender and the killer. The ways in which Rachel Monroe navigated this was intriguing and worthwhile I thought 👏🏼
There are definitely peaks and troughs in this book, but I suppose that was only expected.
All of the research leaning towards NOT sharing killers’ details and pictures was something I’d previously discussed with a colleague and was solidified by this book’s writing.
3.5 out of 5 stars for me, thank you ✨
Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide
stephen_reads's review against another edition
2.75
Although the author tries to link the 4 narratives with an overarching moralistic message about women and their relationship to violent media, the book feels disjointed and haphazard.
The author also fails completely in her task to be objective. She even has a friendly relationship with one of the women, describing her in the acknowledgements as warm and generous, leading to her profile being uncritical and positive. This is the woman who married Damian Echols, one of the West Memphis 3, while he was awaiting execution on death row. Everything this woman says is taken at face value, her flaws and strange behaviour completely glossed over, any sense of ambiguity destroyed. It comes across as flat, disingenuous, and deceptive. The narrative doesn’t want to ask questions or be curious, it lacks objectivity, it’s frustrating.
The conclusions drawn about the four women are vague. An attempt is made to discuss the whiteness of true crime fanaticism and the inherent racism of the community, but it never goes deep enough and intersectional victims are relegated firmly in the background.
A positive I can say about this book is that it’s fast-paced, the author has wit and writes fairly charmingly, if condescendingly at times. I easily finished it in an afternoon and didn’t consider it entirely wasted time.
Graphic: Death, Genocide, Child death, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Racism, Antisemitism, and Self harm
kemrick19's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Death, and Suicide
Minor: Sexual violence, Gore, Mental illness, and Rape
carleeofcourse's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Suicide attempt, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Suicide, Kidnapping, Death, Self harm, Violence, and Grief
amandaquotidianbooks's review
3.5
Moderate: Child death, Death, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence