Reviews tagging 'Sexual violence'

Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer

3 reviews

kaylajo3333's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Murder, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Child death, Sexual violence, Grief, Domestic abuse, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Pregnancy, Mental illness, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Child abuse, Torture, and Death

sarahaf712's review

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Abortion, Animal death, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Torture, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Murder, Physical abuse, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Incest

rcsreads's review

dark informative medium-paced

2.5

There's a lot of speculation in this. In the case of Alice Kyteler in particular there's no proof she ever killed anyone. Several of the women didn't work alone but Telfer attributes all the murders to them when, again, there's no proof.
 For several of the murdresses I can just Google female serial killers and get more information than Telfer provides and frequently better writing. There's nothing on the Benders that I can't learn from Wikipedia and it has more detail and less of an obsession with how attractive Kate was.
 If you want an in depth look at which murdresses were the prettiest then this is the book for you. If you want actual facts then there are plenty of online articles and probably many better written books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Incest, Mental illness, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicide, Torture, and Violence