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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
It was definitely interesting and well researched, but with almost all of the subjects being poisoners, it was repetitive.
very interesting subject and I loved the dark humor, but at times it felt a little too breezy. I would have liked to go a bit more in depth than this book did about each of the women.
Entertainment factor alone is worth the 4 stars...proof? I finished it in 2 days, it was a breeze of a read, even if the topic is a little on the gory side.
I like how older and more modern examples are used and how the author shows you both the past and present way of thinking about women who commit such vile actions.
Are there a lot of changes in how society (and other women) view women who murdered not one but many people? ...not particularly,.but the author is able to be about as impartial as one can get when discussing such a topic, and successfully presents just about all sides of the argument - not whether they are guilty/innocent but rather the why, the cause, the reason that made all of these ladies deviate so radically towards murder and death.
Happy Readings! And Happy 2021 to all!
I like how older and more modern examples are used and how the author shows you both the past and present way of thinking about women who commit such vile actions.
Are there a lot of changes in how society (and other women) view women who murdered not one but many people? ...not particularly,.but the author is able to be about as impartial as one can get when discussing such a topic, and successfully presents just about all sides of the argument - not whether they are guilty/innocent but rather the why, the cause, the reason that made all of these ladies deviate so radically towards murder and death.
Happy Readings! And Happy 2021 to all!
Kinda goofy to begin your book arguing that female serial killers aren’t taken as seriously as their male counterparts and then use such a light, often comedic tone throughout the telling of their stories.
I feel like - and I mean this in the most disrespectful way possible - this was written for people that are really into My Favorite Murder.
I feel like - and I mean this in the most disrespectful way possible - this was written for people that are really into My Favorite Murder.
What else is there to do when you’re feeling under the weather and stay home all day? Read/listen to an entire book about female killers. Overall I really enjoyed this book (as much as a person can “enjoy” a book about murder and death). I liked how it wasn’t in chronological order but instead bounced around times exposing history notorious women. Some I had heard of before but didn’t know their depth but most I had never heard of. These women were vicious! Especially the older “innocent” grandma. A truly wild piece of nonfiction but I’m left with one thought: Can we just stop killing people, please?!
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Incest, Rape, Excrement
We listened to the audiobook version of this on a long car trip and really found the cases interesting. It’s a great place to start if you are interested in finding cases you might want to dive into in depth. We’ll written narration and it felt well researched.
If you're listening to it on audio, the narrator is amazing (it's on Hoopla).
At times the stories had some redundancy, but we're otherwise quite interesting.
I thought it was quite interesting how homicide for these forgotten killer women seemed to speak directly to the faults in society at the time. I would love to see Telfer continue this narrative and explore this theme more.