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dmalexander's review against another edition
dark
informative
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Violence, Death, Pedophilia, Stalking, Murder, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual assault, and Torture
srestrepo92886's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.5
lackof_shelf_control's review against another edition
2.5
‼️TW: murder, violence, obscenities, graphic descriptions ‼️
I picked this book up because I had just read While Idaho Sleeps and it mentions Katherine’s work and this book. BTK has always horrified me and I was intrigued, but this fell a little short for me. It was very repetitive at times and also hard to really tell what is fact and what is fiction since most of it is coming from his perspective. I am sure he portrayed the image of himself that he wanted to be portrayed. He definitely thinks he is smarter than he is by the way he talks about his crimes.
The most fascinating parts were little things that I was not aware of. For instance, how he would use a water glass and then put it back after his crimes, so essentially his DNA was there the whole time at the crime scene. Also, the psychological insights were very interesting. It is baffling to me that he is so sexually deviant, yet he never raped a victim. Also, he admits he is a “little bit pedophilic”, but the cops said he doesn’t fit the criteria. Hard to believe that someone openly admits to that and yet you say they aren’t.
All in all- a horrifying guy that committed atrocious crimes. I haven’t read any other books on BTK, but I suspect there are better ones out there.
xxstefaniereadsxx's review
dark
informative
slow-paced
2.0
This book features some really convoluted and complicated correspondence between the author and Dennis Rader. Rader is most commonly known as the BTK Killer, which is redundant to say, since the K means Kill. Rader discusses his obsession with building a murder barn similar to HH Holmes' Chicago murder house. I did learn more about Rader through this book, but I would not read it a second time.
This book is currently available to listen to for free with your Audible membership in the Audible Plus library. It is close to twelve hours to listen to, and, to be honest, I found it boring as all get out. I typically really enjoy a true crime book, but the last two I have selected have been terribly tedious. I also think I would have enjoyed a physical book more than an audio one in this case. If you are interested in a physical copy, it is about 300 pages.
This book is currently available to listen to for free with your Audible membership in the Audible Plus library. It is close to twelve hours to listen to, and, to be honest, I found it boring as all get out. I typically really enjoy a true crime book, but the last two I have selected have been terribly tedious. I also think I would have enjoyed a physical book more than an audio one in this case. If you are interested in a physical copy, it is about 300 pages.
kellydgray's review
5.0
Fascinating Book. Alot of technical, psychological information also a lot of detailed gruesome acts and thoughts from Radar, but definitely a different approach to true crime. Loved it.