Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

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

7 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative reflective fast-paced

4.25

Narrator Rating: 4.5 stars

    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. 

   Extra ratings: Fluff - NA   Heartfelt- 4/5   Helpful-2/5   Horror -NA    Inspiration -0/5   Love aka Romance- NA    Mystery - NA   Predictability - NA    Spice - NA    Suspense - NA   Tear- 3.5/5   Thrill - NA     Humor-0/5 

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Content Warnings

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

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

melissalivanos's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Kidnapping, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Sexual violence, Murder, and Gun violence

philliesfemme's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Sexual violence

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

msmse's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I really loved this book overall. Monroe did a great job providing a riveting, well-rounded description of the obsessions of these women, their motives, and the overall anxieties of society that were at play. It was hard to put the book down! My only negative feedback was that it   broached a lot of topics at the expense of depth. Maybe that was part of the point, though - that women’s interest in crime is as complex and complicated as the cases they follow or experience more directly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Violence, and Gun violence

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Rape

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