Reviews tagging 'Violence'

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

16 reviews

emma6544's review against another edition

challenging dark informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

sofiefarmer's review

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

This was really interesting to listen to. I thought that the story was compelling and sparked a lot of thought about obsession with crime. I think I would have liked to see more general discussion about the true crime's marketing toward female audiences, but I found the narratives of the women to be compelling enough examples to pull some thoughts together about the overall influence. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Suicide attempt, and Murder

carleeofcourse's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

msmse's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.5

I really loved this book overall. Monroe did a great job providing a riveting, well-rounded description of the obsessions of these women, their motives, and the overall anxieties of society that were at play. It was hard to put the book down! My only negative feedback was that it   broached a lot of topics at the expense of depth. Maybe that was part of the point, though - that women’s interest in crime is as complex and complicated as the cases they follow or experience more directly.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Rape

amandaquotidianbooks's review against another edition

dark informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

I really enjoyed how this was organized into four mini-biographies on true crime adjacent women. The autobiographical elements worked well to process themes and questions.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

abbystevenson's review against another edition

dark informative reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, and Mass/school shootings

Minor: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Confinement, Hate crime, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Islamophobia, and Kidnapping