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A review by shirley098
Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer
Did not finish book. Stopped at 31%.
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.