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readbyashleyd's review against another edition
dark
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
As usual it’s always fascinating to have a peek inside the mind of John Douglas, the original Mind Hunter. That being said, the story of Larry Gene Bell isn’t my favourite true crime story and it is one I’ve read a lot about so I wasn’t as interested as his other books but it’s still a good read nonetheless!
bookish_withsky's review against another edition
4.0
This was so packed full of detail and it was incredibly interesting to read from a profiler’s perspective. I love true crime in general and this really gave me what I had been looking for. However, I am slightly concerned that there may be a bias in this. If there is, I don’t feel it’s overly obvious.
chuskeyreads's review against another edition
5.0
Riveting. True crime stories are simultaneously fascinating and horrific. I’ve read quite a few, but the writing in John Douglas’s books is captivating. He tells the whole story from before the crime to well beyond the aftermath providing details you didn’t know you wanted.
syngbld23's review against another edition
5.0
I feel like this book is so underrated. I’m a true crime fan and this was one of my favorites. The story itself was so sickening and disturbing. I think that John Douglas did such a good job at telling the story and sticking to the important parts of the investigation leading up to the arrest of Larry. I always enjoy reading John Douglas books because he tends to mention other books or cases. This is where I typically get my next read from, by looking up other true crime cases that he mentions in his books.
whats_a_bibble's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual assault, Violence, Grief, Confinement, Sexual content, Rape, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Body horror, and Murder
maabark's review against another edition
5.0
I enjoyed reading this novel because it goes through the entire process of finding a suspect and all the way through to the legal process.
I had never heard of this case, so I started reading it because it peaked my interest. The authors did a great job in portraying all of the emotions that came along with this case and relaying how it was processed back then.
If you're interested in reading a new true-crime novel, I definitely would pick this one up.
I had never heard of this case, so I started reading it because it peaked my interest. The authors did a great job in portraying all of the emotions that came along with this case and relaying how it was processed back then.
If you're interested in reading a new true-crime novel, I definitely would pick this one up.