Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

15 reviews

sofiefarmer's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

This was really interesting to listen to. I thought that the story was compelling and sparked a lot of thought about obsession with crime. I think I would have liked to see more general discussion about the true crime's marketing toward female audiences, but I found the narratives of the women to be compelling enough examples to pull some thoughts together about the overall influence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, and Gun violence

carleeofcourse's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

amandaquotidianbooks's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

I really enjoyed how this was organized into four mini-biographies on true crime adjacent women. The autobiographical elements worked well to process themes and questions.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Murder, Violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Sexual assault, Mass/school shootings, and Gun violence

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