I have always enjoyed Jennifer Wright's books. I think she balances education and entertainment very well and that's something I greatly appreciate, especially when it comes to nonfiction.

I found this book to be incredibly informative. It introduced me to a lot of women throughout history that I knew nothing about or had never even heard of. However, I do wish that we'd gotten a little more about each of these women. This book only dedicates 2-3 pages to each woman it highlights. And I often found that that wasn't really enough to truly understand these women and their motivations. If the book had been a bit longer or if it had just taken a select few of these women and highlighted them to a greater extent, I think I would've enjoyed this more.

This was so well written. I was engrossed from the first page and it ticked all the boxes of my expectations. I would definitely recommend to others.

I enjoyed this collection of true stories about a group of women who kill for many different reasons. Each story is unique and features a different woman. The women are evil, angry and out for revenge. This is a book that pulled me in from the beginning. They are engaging stories that are full of action and kept me reading to the end. I highly recommend this book. It is worth the pick up for sure. If you enjoy true life stories this is a book for you.

Going into this one I definitely was expecting something different. I thought it would be a more academic text that talked about the commonalities of these murderous women. Instead we get a twitterfied, pithy micro synopsis of different female killers.

I appreciated the variety, and learned about some horrible and badass ladies, but I was rubbed the wrong way by the tone. While I am a fan of gallows humour, I am not a fan of the MFM effect that seems to be prevalent in true crime right now. How we may discuss these cases with our friends is not the same as how we would in a book, and it makes this feel disposable.

Even though it wasn't for me, it feels like a safe Xmas purchase for a relative you know likes true crime podcasts.

Thank you to Netgalley, the publishers and the author for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Strangely, this book is a jolly jaunt through history. Although some of the subject matter is very serious, the writing is at once gruesome, empathetic, feminist and hilarious. The only other form of media that bears comparison is the podcast My Favourite Murder.

While the stories profiled in this book are obviously well-researched, the author cleverly glosses over events without getting too bogged down in the chronology or various points of view. In that way the essence of these stories, which is the right for women to be equal in every way to a man (even in how violent and psychopathic they can be) is plain to see. In a bizarre way, it is a celebration of the feminine.

At no time does the author condone what some of the dastardly poisoners, child murderers and cannibals did - and nor am I! But there are also stories of incredible bravery, courage under fire, resilience in times of personal tragedy and striking against injustice. Yes, these women are killers, but some had the right to be, in my opinion.
The book ends with some of those stories, and I have to say, they were the highlight of the book for me.

There are stories from so many parts of the world and so many periods in history that it felt very inclusive. I am sure I will look up some of these names and do my own research in the future. Appetite officially whetted!

i really enjoyed the true crime aspect of this book, it was fascinating to learn about some cases I had never heard of. I am a true crime junkie and really enjoyed reading this.

I enjoyed the premise of this book. It had information on so many women killers, which was fascinating. If I had one criticism, it would be that the chapters seemed so short. I would have loved to learn more about each of these women. I look forward to doing some research now and delving into this most interesting world.

As a true crime addict, this book was a lovely companion for my collection and touched on a few murders that I wasn't aware of in my compendium of serial killer tomes. I could actually see myself reading this again, or at the very least turning to it as a fantastic companion to Women Who Kill on the ID channel. The author presents the material in a readable, fantastic, and entertaining flow while also taking the time to explain why these women would do what they did as killers.

I have always been fascinated by crime documentaries and I am fan of the Investigation Discovery channel. This book caught my attention because it reminded me of the true crime show, Deadly Women.

This is a collection of real-life stories of women who committed murder. We have women who have killed for revenge, money, no reason at all and others chose murder instead of divorce. There are also stories featuring women who led cults, used poison as their tools of murder and others who actually worked in professions that have led them to kill. One such woman hunted down the Nazis and is rumored to have taken down quite a number of them.

The chapters are short. They introduce the women, give a bit background into their personal lives and then look into their crimes and motives. They end with the repercussion or rather the woman’s life after the crime. Despite the fact that I watch so many investigative shows, most of these stories were new. There were women who fall more into the category of heroines than murderers like Virginia Hall, the spy who hunted down Nazis. Of course, others like Elizabeth Bathory will just turn your stomach.

The author presents the stories in brief chapters not devoid of a bit of dark humor. I found the book to be quite binge-worthy. I certainly couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.

3.75 stars

It was fun reading this as someone who loves watching and listening to true crime on YouTube. The book is divided into 9 sections with a brief summary of each woman's life and deeds (nothing really that graphic besides mentions of their crime of course). Depending on the woman, there are some trigger warnings and all have various resources as to show that the events are real or theorized depending on how old each story is. I really loved the badass warriors portion the most and the illustrations were great.

Now I really enjoyed the book but I really hated the snide and snarky comments from the author. It was unnecessary and pissed me off each time because I'm reading the book for the history and not for those types of comments (there was one or more comments like those in almost EVERY chapter). There were also a few comments about "trying" to delude you that it ended happily instead but then suddenly pulling the NOT! card. I facepalmed at all of them because the book obviously talks about killers so putting those types of jokes was honestly cringey and nobody will fall for them obviously.

Overall, it was a good read and I would have loved it more if not for those snide comments.

Thank you Netgalley for providing me with the digital copy for an honest review.

Female miscreants. Good stories. Not fleshed out too well. Entertaining. Some you'd want to know more. Some you've heard too much about.

I really enjoyed this book. As a true crime fan, it is the women who murder who fascinate me. Throw in a little bit of historical context and I am hooked. Most of the women in the book I knew about because I"ve listened to so much, but it's a good little teaser for someone who is interested but maybe doesn't want a podcast level's worth of information. There were even a few I didn't know about!

Very Interesting! Well written accounts and stories of women that have killed! Some stories I had heard of, others I had not. The writer is who turns these accounts into an interesting narrative from the first page to the last!

What a surprise! This was such a fascinating read - full of facts and information about women that kill. Wait, don't think it's full of dry facts told in a flat voice - this author adds funny quips and tidbits of information that kept me fully interested. Some stories, like Lizzie Borden, I knew well. Others, I'd definitely never heard of. I liked how each chapter ended with information to for further reading. Such a well done group of stories. I really loved this one!

<i>A huge thank you to the author and publisher for providing an e-ARC via Netgalley. This does not affect my opinion regarding the book.</i>

Let me start by saying I am OBSESSED with this book! I could not put it down once I started reading it, and honestly I am going to buy a physical copy as soon as I possibly can...

She Kills Me by Jennifer Wright is a non-fic book, focusing on female killers. Because anything men can do, so can women! And sometimes, as shown in this book, they can do it even better than men.

On the whole, I loved the way this book was laid out, each section had a title showing us what was to come, followed by a cool little sentence or comment underneath (which often were witty and sarcastic and gave me a good giggle).

The entire book was written as if Wright was talking directly to us, in this friendly, sometimes humorous and often sarcastic and witty tone. It made me feel like a friend was sitting opposite me on the sofa, and we had a glass of wine and we were just having a good chat. Despite the subject matter, it was a really welcoming feel to the book.

Also, PRAISE for Jennifer Wright and having trigger warnings at the start of each murderers chapter (if required) so that you could skip through if the topic was triggering for you.

Each section brought a new "group" of female murderers, and so I'm going to do a quick one or two sentence review/thoughts on each section.

Section 1 was all about psychos, and I actually learnt about a few new women in this section which I am excited to do some more reading about!

Section 2 was poisoners. Now I have to say I wasn't really up to date with any female poisoners, so everyone in this chapter was new to me and that definitely made it more enjoyable.

Section 3 was one of my favourites! Even though I knew quite a bit about the murderers in this section, Wright's tone of writing made me want to keep reading about the cases, even though I already was quite knowledgeable, just because I enjoyed her writing style so much.

Section 4 was called black widows, and my only review is that the comment at the start of this section wins the whole book...

Section 5 was about scorned women, and whilst it was a little bit short compared to the other chapters in the book, this was the one where I could not fault the women at all!

Section 6 was moving towards mercenaries, something completely new to me in terms of female murderers and one that definitely wet my appetite to find out more about these women of history.

Section 7 is QUEEEEEEEEEEEEENS! This was one was possibly the best section of the book, the author brought so much sass to this section (which I loved). I also thought it was really cool to read about how these women were so powerful that men feared them.

Section 8 was based around female warriors, and for me was the least interesting and my least favourite section of the whole book. That being said, it was definitely an interesting read and di introduce some completely badass women.

Section 9 was called avenging angels and I feel like it was the best way to finish this book off. I actually really enjoyed reading about how these women killed for revenge, and tbh I can get on board with some of their reasons...

On the whole, She Kills Me was a truly informative and actually quite fun read, I devoured this book! And not only will I be buying myself a copy, I'll also be getting my Mom one too (she loves reading about serial killers, so this book is right up her street).

She Kills Me has numerous stories of women who kill. It was interesting to read about women from centuries past who killed. Each female killer is provided with a brief chapter describing her deeds. Thank you to Netgalley.

It is very difficult to rate a book of this nature. While I found it very informative and interesting, I also found it very detailed and gory at times. Overall I enjoyed learning about the women who've murdered for various reasons, but some of the cold-hearted, cruel, and downright evil acts were a bit difficult for me to read. I'm sure that most women at one time or another in their life have felt like getting revenge, but thankfully most of us wouldn't go to such extremes. So it is interesting to read about women who have been pirates, overseen hundreds of people, been "Night Witches" and also killed for the fun of it. It gave me an insight into the lives of some women that I'd never heard of before and I thought it was well written.

I'd like to thank NetGalley and the publisher for an e-ARC of this book for my opinion of it.

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I am a huge fan of true crime. I am especially fascinated with women that kill. Usually anytime you hear about a killer, it is always a man. This book did a great job of showing the ferocious side of a woman. Women are not creatures to be mess with and can definitely take care of themselves. The stories are fascinating and some even a little humorous. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys true stories about murder.

I wanted to love this, but I felt like the storytelling was too simplistic. I wish the author had focused on just a handful of cases rather than the 25+ she had.

Dubbed "A powerful collection of stories about women who murdered—for revenge, for love, and even for pleasure—rife with historical details that will have any true crime junkie on the edge of their seat."

I'm not sure I sat on the edge of my seat, but it was interesting. Each story contains a content warning should you want to avoid particular themes, but I find it's bare facts, sparse details when it comes to the actual ick-factor... not as gory as I was hoping for. It reads quickly as each entry is short and not-so-sweet. Publishes just in time for spooky season and was a curiosity-inducing publication with certain women I've never heard about before.