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A review by alexandrabree
Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History by Tori Telfer
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2.5
Once slogging through the garbage "women are the most overlooked underrated type of mammal" rant that the book decided to start with. Peppered with the proper third-wave feminist terminology and nonsense about female oppression and aggression and the male fear *huge eye roll**facepalm*
The actual stories are wonderfully written, although most of the women included I had read about before and I found a few things lacking in detail. I was hoping for less well-known cases and looking for something more like "the five" where it was a totally novel approach (in that case focused on victims rather than killers)
Would recommend, but ignore the first segment or you will choke on the politics
Once slogging through the garbage "women are the most overlooked underrated type of mammal" rant that the book decided to start with. Peppered with the proper third-wave feminist terminology and nonsense about female oppression and aggression and the male fear *huge eye roll**facepalm*
The actual stories are wonderfully written, although most of the women included I had read about before and I found a few things lacking in detail. I was hoping for less well-known cases and looking for something more like "the five" where it was a totally novel approach (in that case focused on victims rather than killers)
Would recommend, but ignore the first segment or you will choke on the politics