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Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession
by Rachel Monroe
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
An exploration of women's obession with true crime by diving deep into four case studies based on crime architypes.
The Detective: Frances Glesser Lee, a woman who created miniatures of crime scenese in the early 20th Century to train detectives. The Victim: Alisa Statmen, who befriended the family of actress Sharon Tate after her murder, injecting herself in their lives and the Victim Right's movement. The Defender: Lorri Davis who got involved in the case of the West Memphis 3 and advocated for their release. The Killer: Lindsay Souvannarath, a teenage Columbine fangirl who was sentenced to life in prision for planning a mass murder in Canada.
The author doesn't begrudge anyone of their obession with true crime cases, but she does encourage her readers to be mindful of WHY people find themselves obessed and the kinds of cases people are drawn too.
The Detective: Frances Glesser Lee, a woman who created miniatures of crime scenese in the early 20th Century to train detectives. The Victim: Alisa Statmen, who befriended the family of actress Sharon Tate after her murder, injecting herself in their lives and the Victim Right's movement. The Defender: Lorri Davis who got involved in the case of the West Memphis 3 and advocated for their release. The Killer: Lindsay Souvannarath, a teenage Columbine fangirl who was sentenced to life in prision for planning a mass murder in Canada.
The author doesn't begrudge anyone of their obession with true crime cases, but she does encourage her readers to be mindful of WHY people find themselves obessed and the kinds of cases people are drawn too.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts