primalmusic 's review for:

Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe

4.0

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I've always found crime cases to be interesting, but I've also deplored the tendency to view murders as "cool" at the expense of erasing victims' pain. The concept of this book is something I've wondered often myself: why are women in particular attracted to true crime stories? Monroe doesn't have a specific answer to that because a succinct one doesn't exist, but she divides fans into those who identify with four major groups (and I'm not looking directly at the book, so pardon me using my own words): the investigator, the victim, the advocate, and the perpetrator. Monroe does a good job weaving together specific tales of women, background about crime, and her own personal experiences as a crime fan analyzing her own feelings.

I received an ARC from Net Galley in exchange for my honest review.