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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
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It was a really interesting read and showed how complex a lot of these women were. I really like how Telfer explored why some of these women were driven to kill. I also liked that she focused on older cases and spent time challenging the myths surrounding a lot of these stories. Overall great, I do feel like the conclusion felt a bit rushed? I would have like to hear more of her thoughts and conclusions.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, Abortion
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Wish the records were more complete so she could have done more than poisonings.
With wry humour and grim facts, Tori Telfer describes a series of female serial killers throughout history. While Telfer’s tone might be light, she points out the economic and/or societal pressures that did play a part behind some of the women’s exploits. The author does not diminish their horrific acts, but provides some context for how why they did what they did, and also how these women were perceived during their strings of murder, and the combination of leering and befuddlement they were at times viewed after they were apprehended.
It is hard to not automatically men when we say "serial killers", and one almost resists the need to widen the definition. And that’s exactly what Telfer reminds us to do. Though there haven’t been many female serial killers apprehended through the years, there have been women who have murdered many without any seeming qualms.
Telfer’s book was, dare I say it, entertaining, even while it got me thinking about how we remember male serial killers, who are, in effect, memorialized in books and other media , while female serial killers are mostly forgotten. Interesting comment by the author.
It is hard to not automatically men when we say "serial killers", and one almost resists the need to widen the definition. And that’s exactly what Telfer reminds us to do. Though there haven’t been many female serial killers apprehended through the years, there have been women who have murdered many without any seeming qualms.
Telfer’s book was, dare I say it, entertaining, even while it got me thinking about how we remember male serial killers, who are, in effect, memorialized in books and other media , while female serial killers are mostly forgotten. Interesting comment by the author.
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There have to be SOME female serial killers who didn’t use poison... right??? According to this book, probably not.
Chatty, nice picks of historical killers I didn't know