She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women by Jennifer Wright

 
She Kills Me: The True Stories of History's Deadliest Women by Jennifer Wright
My Rating: ★★★★★

I received a copy from ABRAMS Books through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was so excited when I saw that one of my favorite non-fiction writers was dropping a new book. Jennifer Wright has done it again, and this time she brought her sense of humor to the table with a book about some of the deadliest women recorded in history. If you like true crime, I promise you that this book is for you.

When I say that Jennifer brought her sense of humor to this book, I also mean that it’s done tastefully. As always, she knows when she can be funny and when it’s time to scale back. However, this book isn’t in any way funny, and you won’t see her brand of humor shine due to the subject matter. As I was saying, she is always tasteful about when and where she can lighten the mood as her readers take in heavy subject matter.

This time around, we check out the lives of 40 different deadly women that have been recorded in history. Each chapter has a drawing as well as a trigger warning if the woman whose life as well as murderous deeds that’s being covered mentions rape, torture, or anything that may be a trigger for readers. While suicide is not one of the trigger warnings in the ARC I received, it may be added to the final edition of the book.

I found this book quite interesting. Many different women were covered, and the book is separated into sections based on the type of crimes each person committed. While they were each killers, some killed out of self defense while others murdered a steady stream of husbands or were deadly on the battlefield. Each chapter is short, but covers who each person was, a little bit about their lives, who they killed, why they killed if it was known, and what happened to them. Rumors and tall tales were included and are stated to be stories that went around.

All in all, I think this is a great book. I’m always excited when I see that Jennifer is publishing a new book and I’m excited to see what she comes up with next.