Reviews

The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History's Most Astonishing Murder Ring by Patti McCracken

guida315's review

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

2.5

Good story; poor execution. So. Many. Words. 

pnkern's review against another edition

dark informative medium-paced

1.0

babychreez's review

2.0

2.5 stars, rounded down.

miss_amzzz's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Child death, and Domestic abuse

espressoreader's review

dark informative medium-paced

4.0

ctanguay_85's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

2.75

ctanguay_85's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

2.75

tbr_trepidation's review against another edition

dark informative reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

donutcome4me's review

Really poorly written. While the authors claims she's not made any embellishments and took dialogue from the case files so much is extremely obviously made up. 

elvahn's review

dark informative medium-paced

4.25

Fascinating book of real events written in a style that will make you forget it's nonfiction, at least momentarily. A few parts were particularly difficult to read, but somewhat necessary to jar the reader. As a research-inclined person, I appreciate how the author used storytelling to reveal a fuller picture of what happened.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Murder, and Animal cruelty

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Child death, Suicide, and Vomit

Minor: Pregnancy, Pandemic/Epidemic, and Misogyny