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A Poisoner's Tale: A dark and gripping feminist retelling of notorious Italian Poisoner, Giulia Tofana | 
pickReally enjoyed this book
so-soFictionalized rise and fall of Giulia Tofana from abused child to successful entrepreneur to prisoner of the church.
2.5/5 right in the middle. I liked the history of it and the distinct personalities each woman had but I don‘t think the style of writing itself was for me. It was a lot of internal monologuing and I kind of got bored with that after a while.
It also needs a child SA trigger warning
“Our actions are judged by men in hoods who represent a church that does not recognize us except as sinners and she-devils.”
pickInspired by serial murderess Giulia Tofana whose poison Aqua Tofana was utilized by 17th century women to rid themselves of abusive and dangerous men in Rome, this is a feminist historical fiction retelling of a women's liberation during the European Renaissance period. From her early teachings by her mother to building a network of accomplices, Tofana was a woman feared by the patriarchy and the corrupt Church.
