America's First FemalE Serial Killer: Jane Toppan and the Making of a Monster by Mary Kay McBrayer1/5/2022 I must admit. I enjoy true crime books and podcasts. I like hearing about the criminals as well as the investigation and how the criminal was found out. This book is not exactly the typical true crime book (at least the ones I have previously read). This book explores how Jane Toppan became America's first female serial killer; however, it is not written as a detective story but as more of a novel which I had mixed feelings about. I enjoyed that the book read like a novel seeing as I tend to read more fiction than nonfiction and fiction tends to be a quicker read; however, as I read, I found myself thinking about Toppan and the victims in the book as characters and not actual people. "Novelizing" Jane's story seemed to make it come across as less factual and more fictional to me which I found to be a problem. It was interesting to learn about Toppan since there is apparently not a whole lot of information about her, but I do think I would have preferred a more traditional approach to the telling of her story. That all being said, the book is worth a read if you enjoy true crime.
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