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The Bayou Strangler: Louisiana's Most Gruesome Serial Killer by Fred Rosen

madisone's review against another edition

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dark informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

conchfritters's review against another edition

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2.0

oh, this book is terrible and cringey, making me feel even sorrier for the victims’ friends and families. the bare facts of this horrid little man’s crimes are lurid enough; adjectives aren’t necessary. the reporting is accurate and thorough despite lacking sensitivity.

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3.0

Ronald Dominique was a Patti LaBelle impersonator, meter reader, pizza delivery guy, rapist, and serial killer. This is a look at his crimes, his confession and his sentencing.
When I read true crime I prefer a more matter of fact and less sensationalized approach. I would have liked to know more about his family and what drove him to these crimes and less about his "pulsating" slang for male sex organ. Not much of his family life was disclosed other than he may have been molested by a priest or he may have lied about it, and that his relatives made fun of him for being gay. Out of respect for the dead I would have liked to know more about his victims, other than some of them were gay and some of them were straight, and that most of them were seedy characters. I never felt fully engaged in the story due to the strange writing style. It seemed a bit awkward and clumsy.

I received a complimentary copy for review.