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gaudid's review against another edition
2.0
Nice story. Too bad it's all made up. Author turned out to be a lying fraud
eimear_jane's review against another edition
dark
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Alcoholism, Incest, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Child abuse, Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore
rachelcabbit's review against another edition
2.0
Even if it hadn’t turned out that Harrison had lied about the extent of his experiences with all of the serial killers in his books, and embellished and outright fabricated his conversations with them, I’d still not be all that impressed with this book.
It doesn’t really do what it promises to do - mostly giving summaries of the killer’s history and crimes before adding the odd comment about how childhood and society shape the killer etc
Nothing groundbreaking to add to the discourse.
He gives a bit of his background (but again, how truthful this is is now up for debate) and makes it sound like he’s the only person in his police force to believe in criminal psychology in the 80s which seems unlikely to me!
It was a slog to read despite not being a very long book.
It doesn’t really do what it promises to do - mostly giving summaries of the killer’s history and crimes before adding the odd comment about how childhood and society shape the killer etc
Nothing groundbreaking to add to the discourse.
He gives a bit of his background (but again, how truthful this is is now up for debate) and makes it sound like he’s the only person in his police force to believe in criminal psychology in the 80s which seems unlikely to me!
It was a slog to read despite not being a very long book.
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