Mandy’s Reviews > Ugly Prey: An Innocent Woman and the Death Sentence That Scandalized Jazz Age Chicago > Status Update

I rarely write updates. I either read a book in a couple of sittings or start and let it languish until I am in the mood for it's content and then restart - months or years - later.

This is not an easy read. It's as engaging and readable as any crime novel but there is an unpleasantness that goes beyond the usual true crime content. An unpleasantness that all comes down to the concept of what it is to be 'pretty'.