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jakewritesbooks's review
5.0
(4.5) Before I read this, I read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. And while I read this, I was trying to discern why I liked Blood and Money more than that one. I came to the conclusion that the way Thompson writes the characters is with an air of humanity. Jonathan Berendt treated his like a freak show. Come see the Poison Guy! The transsexual drag queen! The antique dealing murderer at the center of Savannah society. It would be easy to do that in this twisted tail of Texas but Thompson paints a more humane portrayal to where you could at least feel empathy for everyone, from the victim to the alleged victim to the vengeful dad and even the gunman. I lost count of how many times my jaw dropped but this felt real and compelling as opposed to a funhouse mirror version of a true crime tale (as true crime tales tend to emerge like funhouse mirror versions). A must read.
theyalibrarian's review
4.0
Extremely interesting, sad, and disturbing. Totally mindblowing really. The only complaint is that the author could have shared less background information about a few of the individuals in the case. There was also a bit too much sympathy given to the trigger-puller in a murder for hire scheme.
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