A review by sydneyyylove
Savage Appetites: True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe

4.0

I love listening to true crime podcasts. My older sister got me hooked on Crime Junkie before the pandemic and I have been listening to women recount horrific stories ever since. In this book, the author talks about how true crime stories are modern day fairy tales, the grim ones where girls don’t always come out of the forests, and how we are obsessed with scary stories. This book looks at true crime through a lens of obsession with the story of four women who embody the archetypes commonly found in each story of crime. It was a really interesting way to frame these stories and why women specifically are drawn to them. The connections between true crime communities and fandoms specifically as ways to express sexuality and desire. The ending anecdote of the boon was a 10/10.