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I wanted to like this book - a combination of true crime and feminism. Unfortunately the writing style bobs down the story and I was too bored.

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I received a Digital Advance Reader Copy of this book from #NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

A fascinating book. The author did incredibly in depth research and told a compelling story with attention to detail.

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This book just couldn't grab my attention. The writing and research were well done, so it's very possible that this was a case of me being the issue, not the book.

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I started this book but was distracted by the writing style. The voice was meant to mirror the era but it was difficult to continue with. I did not finish this book and will not be able to review it. Thank you.

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Fascinating story. Liked it more than I expected! I found it horrifying that (SPOILER ALERT) both Edith and her lover were put to death, even though he even swore she had nothing to do with the murder for which they were tried. It is very thought-provoking as to how women are treated by the justice system. Well done.

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I had a hard time getting through this book.

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Like many others who have reviewed this book, I really struggled to get into it. It wasn't a genre issue; I love true crime and thought this sounded like a really interesting case, so I was excited about my access to the text. When I started reading it, though, I found parts hard to follow and it lost my attention because there was no sense of being grounded in the material.

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The topic of a cause celeb is exciting. A murder and then accusations of an accomplice...

But then there's this book.

A Tale of Two Murders is ...TOO detailed and TOO overwritten. There was too much detail and historical facts that could of been summed up in a footnote rather than page after page after page.

It's exhausting.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the eARC in exchange for review.

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DNF at 7% , was so hoping that this was going to be good , because it was nonfiction ( true crime) which is something I love to read but unfortunately not true with this one , it sounded so instereting but just by the first chapter alone I couldn't even get past that and I tried two times , in the first 7% minutes of the book you learn what it was like for women to have jobs, the style of clothes, how it was hard to get out an unhappy marriage, how women was looked upon and how they was to act , and so on . It was just boring and tedious to keep reading .With that said I would like to thank Netgalley for giving me the chance to read and review it in change for my honest opinion.

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This should have been an interesting story. It was not. Mainly because the author likes to take a chapter to make a simple point that could be said in a sentence. Way too many extra words. This book just sounded pretentious. I can use big words too. Thompson has very distinct writing style and after I started reading her book I knew I would not like this book. I like things that get straight to the point. I think Thompson does thorough research but that is all I can recommend about this book.

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DNF at 30%. A Tale of Two Murders sounded interesting but what could have been a fascinating look into a highly publicized case of the time complete with a woman who dared step outside society's conventions reads like a doctoral dissertation. There's lots and lots of telling, to the point where the actual woman Thompson is trying to write about is obscured by the endless explaining and theorizing about everything. No stars on Goodreads because it didn't make me angry enough to keep reading, just bored and frustrated.

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I received a complimentary copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I like true crime novels and I thought this would be an interesting one. Unfortunately, I could not connect to the writing style. It came across as very old-fashioned and dry. There really wasn't a "hook" and it just couldn't keep me interested.

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