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Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
6 reviews
aileron's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Racism
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
4.25
A look into women's relationship with true crime from four perspectives. The author looks into four points of contact with true crime and obsession.
This book had a lot of social commentary which I enjoyed and made me think about my relationship with true crime. Luckily for me, I don't seem to be obsessed. I listen to many podcasts but avoid rabbit holes and obsessive searches into cases.
Overall, it is a great reflection on women's relationship to true crime and how it affects women and society overall.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Mass/school shootings
townofherons's review
2.75
Although the author tries to link the 4 narratives with an overarching moralistic message about women and their relationship to violent media, the book feels disjointed and haphazard.
The author also fails completely in her task to be objective. She even has a friendly relationship with one of the women, describing her in the acknowledgements as warm and generous, leading to her profile being uncritical and positive. This is the woman who married Damian Echols, one of the West Memphis 3, while he was awaiting execution on death row. Everything this woman says is taken at face value, her flaws and strange behaviour completely glossed over, any sense of ambiguity destroyed. It comes across as flat, disingenuous, and deceptive. The narrative doesn’t want to ask questions or be curious, it lacks objectivity, it’s frustrating.
The conclusions drawn about the four women are vague. An attempt is made to discuss the whiteness of true crime fanaticism and the inherent racism of the community, but it never goes deep enough and intersectional victims are relegated firmly in the background.
A positive I can say about this book is that it’s fast-paced, the author has wit and writes fairly charmingly, if condescendingly at times. I easily finished it in an afternoon and didn’t consider it entirely wasted time.
Graphic: Child death, Death, Genocide, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Murder
Moderate: Racism, Self harm, and Antisemitism
kdbookdragon's review
3.75
Graphic: Gun violence, Antisemitism, Mass/school shootings, and Murder
Moderate: Racism, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail
mfrisk's review
2.75
Moderate: Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Toxic friendship
Minor: Bullying, Racism, and Antisemitism
carleeofcourse's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail