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hettyreads's review against another edition
Didn't like the narrator (who is also the author). I felt like parts that were significant went under the radar because she was too monotonous
catiesbooksandthings's review
Not rating as this is a memoir and the author's personal journey.
This book made me want to give Ms. Balascio the biggest hug ever.
April and her siblings lived a "normal" life, but her father was a psychopath and killer. April's story is gut wrenching and heart breaking and made me so angry at times.
Her father was Edward Wayne Edwards and he was a serial killer. April describes her traumatic and horrific upbringing and later in the book discusses how she was the one that actually turned her father into the police when she started putting things from her past together.
April's strength and her love for her family shines through in this story. She comes to understands that her father was responsible for many unsolved heinous crimes.
This book was hard to listen to at times, but I definitely recommend the audio because Balascio is the narrator. If you like true crime, I definitely think you will enjoy this story.
Thank you, @simon.audio and @libro.fm for the #gifted copy.
This book made me want to give Ms. Balascio the biggest hug ever.
April and her siblings lived a "normal" life, but her father was a psychopath and killer. April's story is gut wrenching and heart breaking and made me so angry at times.
Her father was Edward Wayne Edwards and he was a serial killer. April describes her traumatic and horrific upbringing and later in the book discusses how she was the one that actually turned her father into the police when she started putting things from her past together.
April's strength and her love for her family shines through in this story. She comes to understands that her father was responsible for many unsolved heinous crimes.
This book was hard to listen to at times, but I definitely recommend the audio because Balascio is the narrator. If you like true crime, I definitely think you will enjoy this story.
Thank you, @simon.audio and @libro.fm for the #gifted copy.
jackiesreadingjourney's review
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Hate crime, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Sexual harassment
freyreadsbooks's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
4.5
Rated 4.5 - I don’t like to criticise memoirs
This was a heartbreaking account of April’s childhood, her father being uncovered as a serial killer, and how she used her trauma to help solve cold cases.
Listened to on audio, narrated by the author.
This was a heartbreaking account of April’s childhood, her father being uncovered as a serial killer, and how she used her trauma to help solve cold cases.
Listened to on audio, narrated by the author.
sallymillie's review
4.0
It's so hard to rate someone's life story - I go back and forth between 3-4 stars. Most of this book describes what it's like to be the child of a violent psychopath. Warning: there's a lot of spousal abuse, and child and animal abuse and neglect. It was hard to read at times, and not really surprising this guy ended up being a serial killer. April tells her life story, and then at about 60% into the book, she gets into the story of turning in her father and chasing down potential murders (they probably haven't identified them all.) Honestly, I could've used much more of the latter than the former, but it's her life and she gets to memorialize it how she wants.