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A review by nadia
Lady Killers by Tori Telfer
dark
informative
fast-paced
4.0
What a wild, worldwide tour this was! A super entertaining, informative, varied, and shocking overview of a group of lady serial killers throughout history. And we're really talking about 'throughout' here, as we went from the 14th century to more recent times. I also enjoyed getting a glimpse into criminal proceedings from all these different times and places.
The narrative voice Tori Telfer employed was engaging and also injected some humour, but sometimes the occasional levity of it did make me take pause and be like: wait, this really happened? It was almost narrated too 'plainly' at times, if that makes any sense...
This isn't to say that Tori wasn't taking the stories seriously or disrespecting the victims. Far from it. In fact, I really appreciated the discussion around the perceptions and double standards surrounding criminals who are women.
The narrative voice Tori Telfer employed was engaging and also injected some humour, but sometimes the occasional levity of it did make me take pause and be like: wait, this really happened? It was almost narrated too 'plainly' at times, if that makes any sense...
This isn't to say that Tori wasn't taking the stories seriously or disrespecting the victims. Far from it. In fact, I really appreciated the discussion around the perceptions and double standards surrounding criminals who are women.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Death, and Gore