Name: Helen Borham's review of Triflers Need Not Apply by Camilla Bruce
Item: Triflers Need Not Apply
Rating: 4
Author: Helen Borham

Camilla Bruce

*PRE-ORDER THE DELICIOUSLY DARK REIMAGINING OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HISTORY'S ORIGINAL FEMALE SERIAL KILLER* Bella Sorensen loves men. She loves them to death . . . 'Dark, twisted and dangerously addictive' SAM LLOYD, bestselling author of THE MEMORY WOOD _________ Early in life Bella Sorensen discovers the world is made only for men. They own everything: jobs, property, wives. But Bella understands what few others do: where women are concerned, men are weak. A woman unhampered by scruples can take from them what she wants. And so Bella sets out to prove to the world that a woman can be just as ruthless, black-hearted and single-minded as any man. Starting with her long suffering husband, Mads, Bella embarks on a killing spree the like of which has never been seen before nor since. And through it all her kind, older sister Nellie can only watch in horror as Bella's schemes to enrich herself and cut down the male population come to a glorious, dreadful fruition . . . Based on the true story of Belle Gunness whose killing spree began in Chicago in 1900, Triflers Need Not Apply is a novelistic tour de force exploring one woman's determination to pay men back for all they have taken. _________ 'Dark glee, tragedy . . . Fans of my story The Corset will gobble this up' LAURA PURCELL

Triflers Need Not Apply

*PRE-ORDER THE DELICIOUSLY DARK REIMAGINING OF THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HISTORY'S ORIGINAL FEMALE SERIAL KILLER* Bella Sorensen loves men. She loves them to death . . . ___________ Early in life Bella Sorensen discovers the world is made only for men. They own everything: jobs, property, wives. But Bella understands what few others do: where women are concerned, men are weak. A woman unhampered by scruples can take from them what she wants. And so Bella sets out to prove to the world that a woman can be just as ruthless, black-hearted and single-minded as any man. Starting with her long suffering husband, Mads, Bella embarks on a killing spree the like of which has never been seen before nor since. And through it all her kind, older sister Nellie can only watch in horror as Bella's schemes to enrich herself and cut down the male population come to a glorious, dreadful fruition . . . Based on the true story of Belle Gunness whose murderous rampage began in Chicago in 1900, Triflers Need Not Apply is a novelistic tour de force exploring one woman's determination to pay men back for all they have taken.

Lauren

Helen Borham

Centred around a female serial killer, mastering in fraud and manipulation, she tries to make a living for herself in the New World.

What I found so compelling about ‘Triflers Need Not Apply’ was that you couldn’t help but root for the main character; you know she’s a bad person, doing awful things, and yet you hope she gets away with each crime she commits. Her clever-ness is fun to witness, especially within the context of being a woman in the 1800s, and when this is combined with the context we get by enjoying her point of view (her past trauma, her own delusional beliefs- if you believe she’s deluded) you get a main character who you objectively want to see punished, but subjectively can’t help but champion.

Addressing the fact this book is inspired by an actual case from the 1800s, I found the balance of how Camilla Bruce matched factual events with their own injections of fiction, each to serve its own purpose. 

This read kept me interested the whole way, and imbued with conflicting opinions and emotions the whole journey- I certainly enjoyed it.


This was such a clever story and I really enjoyed it. Whilst it was routed in fact the author did a great job of fleshing out the characters, particularly Belle and Nellie. I found myself wanting to know more about this notorious serial killer once the book was finished

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