sunfishcakes 's review for:

Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers by Caroline Fraser

2.0

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I'm really just not a true crime person re: murder and other violent crimes, so this was a bit hard to stomach. I think the thrust of the book is interesting (metal processing industries leading to toxic waste which causes neurological poisoning and ups proclivities towards violence), but didn't find the disparate elements integrated well. The environmental history and info seems easily overshadowed by the gory true crime retellings and probably should've been the bigger focus, even if (likely) the balance of the two elements on paper is equal.