A review by lilith_bookshelf
The Invention of Murder: How the Victorians Revelled in Death and Detection and Created Modern Crime by Judith Flanders

informative mysterious slow-paced

4.0

What a dense reading. It took me longer than expected to finish this since it is extremely technical, but for that same reason I know everything I read was true. I chose this since I'm a True Crime lover and wanted to know more about the topic historically speaking. This book takes us on a journey through the Victorian 1800's where everything was made into a play, and rumors, once printed into a journal, were taken seriously. 

Judith Flanders brags about her knowledge with all those citations and sarcastic footnotes adding humor to the equation. 

This is a heavy ride. You have to really be invested in the topic to be able to finish it. I had to stop reading for a couple of months before coming back and finishing it, but it didn't disappoint.