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mollyvh's review against another edition
4.0
I recommend the audio book as it feels like a podcast with the different stories as different episodes.
nablegoblin's review against another edition
3.0
The murder's are interesting but her conclusion is so lacking and so out of point, is basically a historical book rather whatever category people put this into.
Is so out of touch is the end and feels like a pointless reading.
Is so out of touch is the end and feels like a pointless reading.
hanxue's review against another edition
5.0
wonderful! i learned so much new things, i love how the author delved into the human side of the women serial killers and explored their psyche and the reasons why women kill. also love that the author wrote about serial killers from all over the world rather than just USA as most of these type of books have. still astonished about how less people talk about female serial killers when their murders and lives are so much more interesting than a lot of those male serial killers who are constantly studied extensively.
marieintheraw's review against another edition
3.0
The writing style sometimes fails to balance the author's wit (and remarks) and the subject matter discussed...which is a hard line to toe.
shirley098's review against another edition
Wrong expectations; was expecting play-by-play looks into the lives of each of the women, but instead got speedruns through their deeds, investigations, and eventual deaths. Was also a bit uneven tone-wise, going from loose and un-serious then to lessons on morality.
From the chapters I did read, Erzsébet Báthory (cruel, bloody, un-caring) and Nannie Doss (narcissistic, petty, starlet) stood out.
Memorable quotes:
If there's one word I would use to describe the women in this book (other than "yikes"), it would be "hustle". Time and again I found myself gasping in grudging admiration at the number if jobs these ladies worked the number of husbands they conned, the number of times they fooled the authorities.
These lady killers were clever, bad tempered, conniving, seductive, reckless, self-serving, delusional, and willing to do whatever it took to claw their way into what they saw as a better life. They were ruthless and inflexible. They were lost and confused. They were psychopaths and child slayers. But they were not wolves. They were not vampires. They were not men. Time and again, the record shows: they were horrifying, quintessentially, inescapably human.
From the chapters I did read, Erzsébet Báthory (cruel, bloody, un-caring) and Nannie Doss (narcissistic, petty, starlet) stood out.
Memorable quotes:
If there's one word I would use to describe the women in this book (other than "yikes"), it would be "hustle". Time and again I found myself gasping in grudging admiration at the number if jobs these ladies worked the number of husbands they conned, the number of times they fooled the authorities.
These lady killers were clever, bad tempered, conniving, seductive, reckless, self-serving, delusional, and willing to do whatever it took to claw their way into what they saw as a better life. They were ruthless and inflexible. They were lost and confused. They were psychopaths and child slayers. But they were not wolves. They were not vampires. They were not men. Time and again, the record shows: they were horrifying, quintessentially, inescapably human.