“Monsters” by Claire Dederer: Resisting The Attractive Villain (BOOK REVIEW)

I am not an avid reader of non-fiction, but I have always been fascinated by badness. Cults, serial killers, cannibalism, public disgrace. Not because I admire cruelty, but because I am interested in how society responds to it. Who gets forgiven? Who gets ostracised? Which acts are excused in the name of genius, talent, beauty, or influence? And why? […]