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laura_devouring_books_crumpets's review against another edition
4.0
It was good interesting.... it was more a case file than a story but ok i enjoyed it.
The fact he was hit on the head as a child... does that make him a narcissist?
And the beautiful rich wife being such a walkover.....
The fact he was hit on the head as a child... does that make him a narcissist?
And the beautiful rich wife being such a walkover.....
ceciliasrose's review against another edition
4.0
I read this book because my girlfriend’s grandma was the head juror in this man’s civil case and it was literally so wild. Men are so terrifying.
alec_may's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
3.5
sclinch915's review against another edition
3.0
As compelling and disturbing as any scripted show, but unfortunately it falls apart at the end. I don't know if it's the fault of the loony husband or the repetition, but the end of was very anticlimactic. I couldn't help but think, after all these years, that's it?
itsonmytbr's review against another edition
5.0
Quintessential Ann Rule. Here's a local story about a killing in the Northeast that might not have been super interesting if it weren't for the amount of research that Rule put into each person affected. A man killed his wife, but that was after and before he spent decades preying on women emotionally and pretending to be a successful genius businessman. The slow tearing apart of his constructs is just as interesting as the trial that eventually puts him away.
The one issue I have is the one I have with all of Rule's books: everyone is beautiful and clever. Her killers are always Ted Bundy types, irresistible and above suspicion, while the victims are always beautiful but self-conscious, brilliant but continuously marrying Ted Bundy types. I can't tell if this is how Rule saw the world or if this is how yuppy white people at the end of the previous century saw the world. By the end, it always feels as though everyone involved was a bit dumb and the killer most of all. Like he would have got caught 3 decades ago if he weren't wearing a suit the whole time.
I listened to this on Audible and really enjoyed the narrator. He did a great job keeping the voices distinct. He even sounded like Rule, a bit.
The one issue I have is the one I have with all of Rule's books: everyone is beautiful and clever. Her killers are always Ted Bundy types, irresistible and above suspicion, while the victims are always beautiful but self-conscious, brilliant but continuously marrying Ted Bundy types. I can't tell if this is how Rule saw the world or if this is how yuppy white people at the end of the previous century saw the world. By the end, it always feels as though everyone involved was a bit dumb and the killer most of all. Like he would have got caught 3 decades ago if he weren't wearing a suit the whole time.
I listened to this on Audible and really enjoyed the narrator. He did a great job keeping the voices distinct. He even sounded like Rule, a bit.
amberb83's review against another edition
5.0
This story was a page turner. Just when you thought it couldn’t get crazier, it did.
desiree_mcl's review against another edition
5.0
Listened to this on audio. I really liked the narration. Normally, I don't think the "scratchy" voice would have worked for me if this was a fiction story, but because this was non-fiction, true crime, it did end up working for me.
TW/CW: This has a lot of mentions of abuse, both physical, verbal, and emotional.
As mentioned in one of my updates, a family member of mine worked for Brad Cunningham during when some of this was taking place. They're not mentioned or named at all, either by their real name or a pseudonym, in case anyone is wondering. But listening to this, knowing what that family member was dealing with at that time in their life, I definitely felt more of a connection to this case, than other true crime cases.
This was a fascinating and heartbreaking read. Just the vicious way Keaton was killed, how the various women in Brad's life were treated, and how he treated his children, was so heartbreaking and painful to read. How they must have felt during everything, both big and small events, just hurt my heart.
Also as I was listening I was constantly shaking my head. Cunningham is clearly narcissistic and just spews lies and he's not the brightest bulb...and I say that because there were so many times he could have been more believable if he just stuck to one alibi, one version, but because he had this idea/belief/delusion that his word would be believed no matter what he got cocky (or dumb), and would tell multiple different versions for one event.
He was very manipulative and I'm sure how he was able to manipulate people, especially the women in the life, so often made it even easier for him to believe that his word was gospel and he could get away with a bunch of different alibis.
This was difficult to read, I'm glad I read it for various reasons.
TW/CW: This has a lot of mentions of abuse, both physical, verbal, and emotional.
As mentioned in one of my updates, a family member of mine worked for Brad Cunningham during when some of this was taking place. They're not mentioned or named at all, either by their real name or a pseudonym, in case anyone is wondering. But listening to this, knowing what that family member was dealing with at that time in their life, I definitely felt more of a connection to this case, than other true crime cases.
This was a fascinating and heartbreaking read. Just the vicious way Keaton was killed, how the various women in Brad's life were treated, and how he treated his children, was so heartbreaking and painful to read. How they must have felt during everything, both big and small events, just hurt my heart.
Also as I was listening I was constantly shaking my head. Cunningham is clearly narcissistic and just spews lies and he's not the brightest bulb...and I say that because there were so many times he could have been more believable if he just stuck to one alibi, one version, but because he had this idea/belief/delusion that his word would be believed no matter what he got cocky (or dumb), and would tell multiple different versions for one event.
He was very manipulative and I'm sure how he was able to manipulate people, especially the women in the life, so often made it even easier for him to believe that his word was gospel and he could get away with a bunch of different alibis.
This was difficult to read, I'm glad I read it for various reasons.