A review by kendallreadsitall
Bad Men by Julie Mae Cohen

2.0

First off, I LOVE this premise. I read the description as a Dexter-esque story but as a woman. I am all about women taking their power back, even as a serial killer. Once I got started with this book, I was hooked with the story of Saffy and her sister and what happened with their stepfather. Unfortunately, as the audiobook proceeded, it seemed to lack that initial intrigue that the beginning offered. The two mentions of farts within the first 25% of this audiobook had me side-eyeing a bit and made me take this book less seriously. I found Saffy to honestly be a terrible feminist when that was kind of the whole premise. The way she talked about women was not how I'd picture a serial killing feminist acting at all. The real killer was not a surprise to me either. On top of the things I've listed here, I thought the reader would get much more of how Saffy completes her murders, just how we did in the beginning portion of this book. I wanted all of the gory nitty gritty details and didn't get any of that with any other murder that took place. I honestly just feel terrible for John and the mess he was put in with Saffy, his wife, the real killer, etc. Poor guy! I wouldn't say this was a bad book by any means, but it was lacking in a lot of intrigue, mystery, and gore, in my opinion.