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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
dark
informative
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
This is the fourth or fifth time I've read this book. The first time I read it was sometime in the late seventies, when I was 13 or 14.
Scared the living shit out of me at the time. The only non-fiction book I've read that can do that.
Now, I'm reading it because I had listened to the You Must Remember This podcast series on Manson and Hollywood and it kindled the need to re-read this.
To this day, I am amazed that such crazy fuckers could do such horrendous, horrific acts with absolutely no remorse. The family gave hippies such a bad name. The irony is they were just a bunch of fucking racists.
The sixties were dying before Manson came on the scene. He was the final nail in the coffin.
Scared the living shit out of me at the time. The only non-fiction book I've read that can do that.
Now, I'm reading it because I had listened to the You Must Remember This podcast series on Manson and Hollywood and it kindled the need to re-read this.
To this day, I am amazed that such crazy fuckers could do such horrendous, horrific acts with absolutely no remorse. The family gave hippies such a bad name. The irony is they were just a bunch of fucking racists.
The sixties were dying before Manson came on the scene. He was the final nail in the coffin.
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced
challenging
dark
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Drug use, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Genocide, Sexual violence, Antisemitism
challenging
dark
tense
slow-paced
I … have no idea why I thought I enjoyed this book the first time I read it. It’s dry, and dull, while being needlessly over the top in its descriptions of the victims and the crimes. I had to take three separate extended breaks to drag my ass through this book, and normally I’d just DNF - but I remembered enjoying this book and was convinced that SOMEWHERE in here was the sauce I once liked.
Now it stands as a reminder that lawyers will judge you as black and white, the police departments do not give a single shit about you, and the media can and will warp reality.
Now it stands as a reminder that lawyers will judge you as black and white, the police departments do not give a single shit about you, and the media can and will warp reality.
informative
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Racial slurs, Violence, Blood, Murder, Pregnancy
challenging
dark
informative
tense
medium-paced