ROSE WEST: The Making of a Monster

By: Jane Carter Woodrow

Narrated by: Lucy Paterson

PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE NETFLIX SERIES, FRED & ROSE WEST, A BRITISH HORROR STORY

A engrossing listen on the real story of Rose West who, together with her husband Fred West, became Britain's biggest and most notorious murderers.

Although it's hard to believe now, Rose West was an exceptionally beautiful little girl with long, glossy dark hair and big brown eyes. Looking at photos of young Rosie as a child, it is almost impossible to comprehend that she would grow up to become one of Britain's most notorious female murderers. But Rose's early life made her the perfect partner for Fred West, and the two committed a string of murders in Gloucester throughout the seventies and eighties. Her part in the killings is very different to that which many people believe even today.

What happened to that little girl to make her capable of such violence? Or was there something wrong - a predisposition to cruelty - which she was born with?

Crime writer Jane Carter Woodrow goes back to the start of Rose's life to piece together what it was that turned her into a monster. In doing so, she presents us with a profile of the young Rose West and a fascinating insight into the mind of a killer.

ROSE WEST is a gripping listen which sheds light for the first time on the real story of Rose West - taking the listener on a journey from her childhood through to her becoming the country's biggest and most infamous female sexual predator and serial killer.

(P) 2021 Hodder & Stoughton Limited©2021 Jane Carter Woodrow

Victims Becoming Abusers

Story 5/5
Narration 5/5

This is really the story of Fred and Rose West, but concentrated more on Rose. This is a shocking story of multigenerational abuse and incest. Very explicit at times.

Wow! It's hard to believe so much abuse, incest, and murder could possibly happen in modern day England! It's almost as it was a normal thing in that area. I wonder how many generations, of victims becoming abusers, this goes back.

Recommended but there are bound to be triggers for some

Beware…

I’m a true crime junkie, and this was the first time I’d actually heard about Rose West. With that said, it kept my attention though this was the first time I actually skipped over the details of the murders her and her husband performed…unimaginable and horrifying.

Horrifyingly disturbing but well written.

This story will haunt you. Well written and beautifully narrated. The acts described are disturbing beyond belief.

TOO Gross

couldn't finish because it was a sickening tale. the reader was great, but the contents just kept getting worse and worse. I did not like at all.