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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
Ann Rule wrote her seminal work in the late 70's and the language and perspectives used throughout this book are reflective of that time in history. Modern-day readers should be aware that some of the language and perspectives might be offensive to their current cultural context. Aside from this, I found Rule's book to be gripping, well-researched, fascinating, and devastating. I highly recommend this book to any true crime fan. While it's a bit of a beast to get through, her perspective helps underline that bad people are not always bad in every situation they walk into. Occasionally, Rule's writing is weak and it's clear her main job prior to writing this book was journalism. However, she still masters an element of suspense and accurately depicts what it's like to love someone you never knew.
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1.5 stars. About 250 pages longer than it needed to be. Some parts were interesting but it honestly felt like reading a 500 page wiki page. Also Ann Rule has some serious issues - she spent so long listing all the “good” things about Ted Bundy which made me so uncomfortable. Who care if he loved Motart - what about the hobbies and interests of the innocent women he killed? I can’t believe how well he was treated and how many women liked him. Also stop sending him money! So weird
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder
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This was a superb book. Obviously, the coincidence of Rule’s relationship with Bundy is insane, but she manages to continue to empathize with the “normal” side of Ted right through the end. Such a wonderful perspective.
If you’ve watched the Netflix movie...its actually the only time a movie was better than the book.