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bluestar_apologist's review against another edition
challenging
dark
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Murder, and Violence
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
Narrator rating: 3.75/5
Learn about the life, crimes, and how the I-5 killer was caught and tried for his crime in this classic true crime book.
This book was pretty good, but I wish there were an update after the 1980s. Also, the writing could be a bit dry in spots. I wish she'd given more personality to police officers and victims. She spent a lot more time talking about some of the victims than others. I felt like the mother and daughter who died should have gotten more time in the book.
An overall decent true crime book. But a bit scant on details of the lives of certain victims without explanation.
Extra ratings: Fluff - NA Heartfelt- 5/5 Helpful-0/5 Horror -NA Inspiration -NA Love aka Romance- NA Mystery -NA Predictability - NA Spice - NA Suspense - NA Tear- 4/5 Thrill - NA Humor -NA
Learn about the life, crimes, and how the I-5 killer was caught and tried for his crime in this classic true crime book.
This book was pretty good, but I wish there were an update after the 1980s. Also, the writing could be a bit dry in spots. I wish she'd given more personality to police officers and victims. She spent a lot more time talking about some of the victims than others. I felt like the mother and daughter who died should have gotten more time in the book.
An overall decent true crime book. But a bit scant on details of the lives of certain victims without explanation.
Extra ratings: Fluff - NA Heartfelt- 5/5 Helpful-0/5 Horror -NA Inspiration -NA Love aka Romance- NA Mystery -NA Predictability - NA Spice - NA Suspense - NA Tear- 4/5 Thrill - NA Humor -NA
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Rape, Sexual content, and Adult/minor relationship
shereadytoread's review
4.0
Ann Rule's true crime reads like a novel. This was a book that was more complicated than a lot of true crime stories because of the number of crimes as well as the long distance over which the crimes were committed. The book does well at focusing it through one pair of investigators and focusing the more detailed sections on a small number of crimes, but still discussing the large number of crimes and victims.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Gun violence, and Violence
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship
caidyn's review against another edition
dark
informative
fast-paced
4.0
Typically, I find Ann Rule good but wordy. She takes books that could have been hundreds of pages shorter and stretches them out. But this was the opposite. It was pretty short and I never felt too bogged down. Of course, there were tons of triggers -- which should be expected given the topic -- but the hits kept coming. I can't believe I had never heard of this serial killer because his crimes are terrifying. Rule did a great job of telling his crimes, as well as giving a resolution to what happened and showed the detective work involved in finding him. An enjoyable true crime novel and it makes me want to pick up her book on Diane Downs.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Child abuse, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Violence
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