Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

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

20 reviews

ameliaflint's review against another edition

adventurous informative sad slow-paced

4.5

Really good! I commend this author for her masterful blending of these stories. This nonfiction is so much more compelling than what I am used to. The only thing was the story about the victim. She just didn't seem to fit with the other women. Something about her story threw me off.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Sexism, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Violence, Terminal illness, Suicide, Torture, and Stalking

emma6544's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Mass/school shootings

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

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

daralexandria's review against another edition

dark informative tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Suicide, and Mass/school shootings

aoifetriestoread's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings

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

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

kimdalia's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Death

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