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3.63 AVERAGE
3.63 AVERAGE
It's hard to believe that this was an Ann Rule book. It was boring and repetitive. This book could have been one of her mini cases that are usually in her collection books.
***Audiobook Review*** True rating: 3.75/5 Narrator rating: 5/5
This was a very interesting listen. From the start I was drawn in by the lies, fabrications and grandiose tales this woman created in her life told to those closest to her. It is scary to think that we share the world with people like Liysa Northon, she is probably much more dangerous than a "typical" serial killer even though to date she has only killed one person (that we know of). She uses her looks, intelligence and cunning to manipulate others to her will and get them to totally believe without question, any lie she utters from her mouth. It is even more disturbing that she plays the victim of domestic abuse when she is in fact the abuser. There are so many women who are true victims but have had doubt cast upon their claims of abuse due to people like Liysa who play as victims to gain sympathy and attention and also to lay the ground work to commit murder disguised as self-defense. This was an abridged version of the audio book, I can only imagine what was left out or should I say how many more of Liysa's lies were cut. Overall this was a good listen and typical Ann Rule, chronicling the lives of the perpetrator and their victims. The only knock on this book would have to be the last few chapters of the trial, which sort of ended abruptly.
This was a very interesting listen. From the start I was drawn in by the lies, fabrications and grandiose tales this woman created in her life told to those closest to her. It is scary to think that we share the world with people like Liysa Northon, she is probably much more dangerous than a "typical" serial killer even though to date she has only killed one person (that we know of). She uses her looks, intelligence and cunning to manipulate others to her will and get them to totally believe without question, any lie she utters from her mouth. It is even more disturbing that she plays the victim of domestic abuse when she is in fact the abuser. There are so many women who are true victims but have had doubt cast upon their claims of abuse due to people like Liysa who play as victims to gain sympathy and attention and also to lay the ground work to commit murder disguised as self-defense. This was an abridged version of the audio book, I can only imagine what was left out or should I say how many more of Liysa's lies were cut. Overall this was a good listen and typical Ann Rule, chronicling the lives of the perpetrator and their victims. The only knock on this book would have to be the last few chapters of the trial, which sort of ended abruptly.
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informative
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medium-paced
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mysterious
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dark
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reflective
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Good, but simply not as good as "Stranger Beside Me", but I feel like that's a really high bar.
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- "Ann Rule asks Can the female really be deadlier than the male? ...a riveting story of seduction, betrayal, and murder. Chris - a tall, athletic, handsome pilot for Hawaiian Airlines; Liysa - an attractive, charismatic, seductive professional surf photographer. They had beautiful homes on the mainland and in Hawaii, but nothing was quite enough for her - she wanted more - more money, more property..."
In the spirit of not finishing books I don't enjoy and am not otherwise learning/growing from, I put this one down after about 200 pages. I've read Ann Rule before and I know the woman is capable of nuance. Shit, she had no problem showing the humanity of Ted Bundy. But she was either lazy, over it, or straight up showing an absurd level of misogyny with this one. I'm not asking for objectivity in a true crime novel, we know who the "bad guy" is and we don't have to pretend like she's not a murderer. She is a criminal, she is guilty, and she deserves conviction and condemnation for that. But according to Rule apparently anything this woman has ever said, felt, or done is the worst thing in the world. Doesn't keep her house clean? Terrible person. Wants her husband to show interest in or literally any support for her career? Monstrous. Wants some time for herself without the children? How dare she. The husband wants to go bicycling before he spends time with his family after being gone for work and she doesn't like it? Awful. Rule literally paints this woman negatively for wanting her husband to "babysit" the kids more. Seriously Rule, you wrote this book in the 21st century, do we not all know that it's just called "parenting" when it's your kid?! After reading 200 pages of Liysa Northon's flaws and what a terrible wife she was, and virtually no discussion of the actual crime she committed or frankly the presence of any decent writing or storytelling, there was nothing to do but set this book down and walk away for good.