Reviews tagging 'Classism'

Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer

6 reviews

cosmicpanda's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child abuse, Death of parent, Classism, Misogyny, Abandonment, Child death, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Infidelity, and Miscarriage

daniellekat's review against another edition

dark funny informative fast-paced

2.75

The conclusion actually improved my feelings on this book. I initially thought this was very repetitive and focused a little too heavily on historical tales, but apparently that was by design. I appreciate that the author took a minute to recognize the racial biases present, but wish Telfer spent a little more time editing to make this less Eurocentric. The language was easy to read and navigate (at times a little gruesome but not overly explicit). Cutting a couple chapters would have improved the overall work given how similar a few were. I loved the artwork but thought the organization of the book (or lack thereof) was bizarre. Solid effort but not an author I'd gravitate to again.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Death, Torture, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Excrement, Mental illness, and Classism

Minor: Gun violence

Poison

probablytoolate's review against another edition

dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Violence, Grief, Murder, Torture, Classism, and Death

sofiam19's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Infidelity, Confinement, Slavery, Torture, Body horror, Classism, Death, Excrement, Murder, Child death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: War, Vomit, and Incest

lilithsnow's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

What a page turning read! I loved the tone of this book. It was serious enough for the subject matter (serial killers) without taking itself too seriously. The Nannie chapter was perfectly placed to bring in a more lighthearted tone - killer granny - before moving on to the more… depressing(?) themes of the following women killers. While Nannie didn’t really know why she killed, it was more for her pleasure than anything, the sisters from Fez seemed to start out from necessity of poverty - not that that excuses any of their actions at all.

It’s a fascinating look into the history of female serial killers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Abortion, Classism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Excrement, Gore, Abandonment, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Animal death

epeolatri's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Murder, Death, Violence, Child death, and Sexism

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Classism

Minor: Sexual content, Torture, Excrement, Rape, Suicide, Infidelity, Mental illness, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Grief, and Incest