Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe

4 reviews

sakisreads's review

challenging dark informative medium-paced

3.5

This came to my attention on BookTok I think (as many things do). With our rising obsession with darkness and gore, this was an apt read 😳

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 ✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Bullying, Body horror, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Death, Grief, Gore, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, and Suicide

kemrick19's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Torture, Death, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual violence, Gore, Mental illness, and Rape

mfrisk's review against another edition

dark informative reflective slow-paced

2.75

I thought the premise of this book was interesting as someone who consumes true crime content and is working to learn to also be more critical of what I consume especially in this vein over time. That being said, the stories chosen I think were interesting to learn more about though I felt in their own chapters the lessons were a bit too neatly wrapped up and decided and the ending felt similarly too wrapped up and decided despite noting that there are shades of grey in these situations. I didn’t really enjoy much of the author’s commentary as I felt she often missed the mark and saw herself as above others who consume true crime content while also being incredibly overly empathetic towards Columbiners of all those highlighted in this book. While there were some interesting points made I felt this book missed the mark in the pacing and balance of the commentary and story aspects of this book and because of this the points made felt at times contradictory and at others not fully thought out. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Murder, Toxic relationship, Mass/school shootings, Gore, Sexual assault, and Blood

Minor: Antisemitism, Racism, and Bullying

abbystevenson's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Hate crime, Islamophobia, Kidnapping, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence