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ellenisntcool's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I believe that this book was really good, truly. However, I think we could have taken out Ansel’s chapters and bring even more focus onto the women as I feel they weren’t given a chance to speak as Ansel would slip in with his weird stuff about his theory that I really don’t care about as I don’t care for that man and never will.
I’m struggling to know how to rate this, so I’ll come back later but or right now I’m on the fence about giving it anything higher than a three as the ending felt off especially with one of the women spoken about almost forgiving him, and we don’t get to see why.
(As I’m writing I’ll probably give it that three anyway.)
I’m struggling to know how to rate this, so I’ll come back later but or right now I’m on the fence about giving it anything higher than a three as the ending felt off especially with one of the women spoken about almost forgiving him, and we don’t get to see why.
(As I’m writing I’ll probably give it that three anyway.)
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Death, Child abuse, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Grief and Pregnancy
vanessa_black_03's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book will make you think and think. It should be read by everybody who has ever thought about the person behind the unmistakable cloud of death by a killer.
Shows us how circumstances lend to our making but justifying anything you do with it and not acknoledging a problem within you is all that makes the difference
Shows us how circumstances lend to our making but justifying anything you do with it and not acknoledging a problem within you is all that makes the difference
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Addiction, Alcohol, Death, Medical trauma, Abandonment, Child abuse, Gore, Suicide, Medical content, Murder, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Animal death, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Blood and Stalking
Minor: Car accident
lucylove's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
alyssamargo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
corfie's review against another edition
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
css13's review against another edition
5.0
The most gripping & thought provoking & holistic take on crime I’ve ever consumed. Danya Kukafka your mind is so genius.
llikeshiscake's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.25
sagetheginger's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I read this expecting to be moved, because so many people I follow said that it moved them. Unfortunately, I didn't have the same experience and didn't find it particularly memorable.
It didn't make me feel any new type of way about the death penalty or true crime. I'm against the death penalty because of the risk of sentencing innocent people, and because it is another tool of the justice system to disproportionately punish minorities. I am not against the death penalty because of any kind of sympathy towards men like Ansel Packer, who killed three young women in quick succession, and then killed another woman years later, showing a pattern of behavior that likely would have followed him the rest of his life.
I didn't feel any type of connection to any of the women, particularly not Saffy whose outright stalking of a suspect she had no physical evidence for and based purely on a hunch is exactly what leads to innocent men being arrested; I don't care that she was right in this instance, her interference without actual proof annoyed me.
The writing itself was fine, but once again not memorable, which is how I felt about the book as a whole.
It didn't make me feel any new type of way about the death penalty or true crime. I'm against the death penalty because of the risk of sentencing innocent people, and because it is another tool of the justice system to disproportionately punish minorities. I am not against the death penalty because of any kind of sympathy towards men like Ansel Packer, who killed three young women in quick succession, and then killed another woman years later, showing a pattern of behavior that likely would have followed him the rest of his life.
I didn't feel any type of connection to any of the women, particularly not Saffy whose outright stalking of a suspect she had no physical evidence for and based purely on a hunch is exactly what leads to innocent men being arrested; I don't care that she was right in this instance, her interference without actual proof annoyed me.
The writing itself was fine, but once again not memorable, which is how I felt about the book as a whole.
katiekay915's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5