Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

RedHanded: An Exploration of Criminals, Cannibals, Cults, and What Makes a Killer Tick by Suruthi Bala, Hannah Maguire

2 reviews

avidreaderandgeekgirl's review

dark informative fast-paced

4.0

  A decent overview of the psychology of different types of killers. Great for lovers of the podcast!
 
Applies Audio edition only.
  There was an excessive part taken up by the interviews they went on for too long, plus two long interviews are just excessive.

Narrators' Rating: 5.0 stars
  Since they are podcasters they made excellent narrators of their nonfiction book! I did have to slow the book down from my normal nonfiction speed since I'm used to their speech at 1x speed, I listened at 1.75x speed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Self harm, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Transphobia, Excrement, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

All of these Content Warnings have to do with crimes committed by the criminals talked about in the book.

sprucy2427's review against another edition

challenging dark informative medium-paced

4.5

Overall, a well researched and fascinating look into what makes a murderer. Each chapter does a dive into an individual (or couple) to describe that section which I really liked to help explain the concept being discussed. 
My only query was their understanding of the brain in people with ADHD verses psychopathy - both are underactive, but it is the areas which are affected which makes the significant difference! 
Throughout they kept their sense of wit which certainly helped to lightened the darker moments. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Incest, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Murder, and Gaslighting