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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Disappointed we don’t find out how the author died while writing this book and that they don’t tell us in an afterward that the perpetrator was caught eventually.
Definitely an informative read, not only for investigation of this case in particular, but also for the insights into the evolution of criminology from the 1970s until the present day. Being an unfinished work, I found its structure messy and hard to follow at times despite my interest in the subject. At times, this left me an unbearable feeling of dismay - it was really painful looking at the pictures of the victims at the end of the book. For some reason, looking at photos of victims of violent crimes is always hard hitting for me. I had to skip some of them.
It's a relief knowing this man was caught after so many years. I'll have to listen Paul Holes new audiobook to get the final chapter on this long investigation.
It's a relief knowing this man was caught after so many years. I'll have to listen Paul Holes new audiobook to get the final chapter on this long investigation.
4.5 Never been in the True Crime reign before. I have always appreciated real emotion in the middle of a tough and hopeless situation, and McNamara did a fantastic job not only at portraying the horrible crimes committed by the EAR but at showing us the soul of everyone involved in the cases, the desesperation she felt and her motivations. Her heart, craving for justice as Patton said, lays among the pages of this book, but the parts she couldn't finish were sadly notorious. I'll be gone in the dark ends up being a succesful proyect. Michelle brought light to a place that had been dark for years. For a vivid fiction-mystery reader like me, reality can be too sad and tiring to even try. But there's always a Michelle out there, ready to jump.
Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge 2019: A book outside your comfort zone
"Make one move and you'll be silent forever and I'll be gone in the dark."
No soy una lectora ávida del genero. Pero incluso yo pude sentir el profundo e inusual respeto con la que fue tratada la trama para I'll be gone in the dark. No hay otra forma de tratar la realidad.
"It's a really dark place, thinking about this stuff, the Social Worker said. So why did she?"
Desde el inicio te das cuenta de lo personal que se sentirán las paginas. Michelle ahonda no solo en los terribles crímenes cometidos por el Golden State Killer y su evolución durante años, si no de donde venia ese profundo deseo y obsesión de querer cerrar ese caso y muchos otros. Es ahí donde esta el alma de la historia, no es solo el querer atrapar a un criminal si no que terminas conectando tanto con la autora que quieres esa paz que solo vendrá de la mano de una cara y un nombre. Razón por la cual desde que abres el libro se siente una nostalgia impactante, pues lo primero que te dice es que murió antes de que dieran con el.
Ningún pasaje de los crímenes específicos que se cuentan se sienten fríos, secos o carentes de emoción. Después de tanto tiempo uno puede pensar que la larga lista de nombres pasa a ser eso, una lista de victimas, pero McNamara la convierte en parte de la historia, te acerca a ellos y a todos los involucrados. Ese sentimiento te hace dar la vuelta a la pagina una y otra vez y hace que la trama fluya amigablemente.
"He loses his power when we know his face."
La tecnología usada con buen corazón puede llegar a hacer lo inimaginable y décadas después nos dio la identidad del GSK.
I'll be gone in the dark es un trabajo hecho a conciencia y con honestidad, no aligera ni exagera la verdad, que empatiza con el pasado y reaviva un viejo caso que hoy después de tanto tiempo ya esta cerrado.
Como único punto negativo están las partes que no termino Michelle, su ausencia se siente en cada palabra completada después de su fallecimiento, era una conexión única la que tenia con esta historia, enteramente ausente para todos los demás incluidos sus editores.
"She was born with a true cop's heart and mind—she craved justice, not glory."
Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge 2019: A book outside your comfort zone
"Make one move and you'll be silent forever and I'll be gone in the dark."
No soy una lectora ávida del genero. Pero incluso yo pude sentir el profundo e inusual respeto con la que fue tratada la trama para I'll be gone in the dark. No hay otra forma de tratar la realidad.
"It's a really dark place, thinking about this stuff, the Social Worker said. So why did she?"
Desde el inicio te das cuenta de lo personal que se sentirán las paginas. Michelle ahonda no solo en los terribles crímenes cometidos por el Golden State Killer y su evolución durante años, si no de donde venia ese profundo deseo y obsesión de querer cerrar ese caso y muchos otros. Es ahí donde esta el alma de la historia, no es solo el querer atrapar a un criminal si no que terminas conectando tanto con la autora que quieres esa paz que solo vendrá de la mano de una cara y un nombre. Razón por la cual desde que abres el libro se siente una nostalgia impactante, pues lo primero que te dice es que murió antes de que dieran con el.
Ningún pasaje de los crímenes específicos que se cuentan se sienten fríos, secos o carentes de emoción. Después de tanto tiempo uno puede pensar que la larga lista de nombres pasa a ser eso, una lista de victimas, pero McNamara la convierte en parte de la historia, te acerca a ellos y a todos los involucrados. Ese sentimiento te hace dar la vuelta a la pagina una y otra vez y hace que la trama fluya amigablemente.
"He loses his power when we know his face."
La tecnología usada con buen corazón puede llegar a hacer lo inimaginable y décadas después nos dio la identidad del GSK.
I'll be gone in the dark es un trabajo hecho a conciencia y con honestidad, no aligera ni exagera la verdad, que empatiza con el pasado y reaviva un viejo caso que hoy después de tanto tiempo ya esta cerrado.
Como único punto negativo están las partes que no termino Michelle, su ausencia se siente en cada palabra completada después de su fallecimiento, era una conexión única la que tenia con esta historia, enteramente ausente para todos los demás incluidos sus editores.
"She was born with a true cop's heart and mind—she craved justice, not glory."
#UnpopularOpinion - I don't care for this, though what it did right deserves 3 stars. The majority of the book was in fact very compelling. It felt similar to reading In Cold Blood, which is one of my favorite true crime books. This took on a similar feel but was more eerie, more disturbing, as a direct result of focusing on the victims (as there was no KNOWN assailant to provide backstory on), so you got the background of victims. Victims who, particularly living in the Bay Area, I could easily see myself becoming. There was a lot of information, too much to possibly absorb, but it was engaging. The rub to me all comes in the final chapter, where Michelle's pure obsession with running the DNA through ancestry sites is described. She feels that's the way to do this. I hate, hate, hate armchair detective work for the most part. It's how innocent people end up in prison; it's how our criminal justice system is shaped to be punitive rather than just. Armchair detectives often miss the larger implications of what they write/desire. I listen to Undisclosed religiously, my husband and I dated literally on a shared foundation of fighting for the freedom of the West Memphis Three - this is where my allegiance lies. But even more importantly, I do not believe books should be separated from their reflection on and impact on the world. What would my review of The Handmaid's Tale have been like had I not compared it to the era of Trump (even before the 2016 election took place)? Books ARE political in nature, and they SHOULD be. In the book, those who wrote this final chapter for her included the 4th amendment violations her obsession could overlook and the problems the criminal justice system could face if a police force moved forward with submitting DNA to ancestry sites. They even quoted Jeff Goldbum from Jurassic Park, stating, "Your scientists were so obsessed with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should." And yet, through the urging of her book, that's how the Golden State Killer was caught, and how more across the country have been caught since. I would be truly, truly shocked if a conviction of The Golden State Killer isn't overturned in 10 years or so once this possible constitutional violation is litigated. Will it be worth it? If he walks away for 50+ crimes? More importantly, do we want to be so focused on punishment, on having all the guilty in jail, that we don't really care about proper privacy and search and seizure issues? Yes, I know that site had this is in their privacy guidelines - I also know that privacy guidelines on sites has already been litigated to the point that courts have ruled individuals aren't really waiving all privacy if it's buried in a litany of terms and service. The case law is already established. I feel horrific criticizing a dead woman, but the reality to me is this: she's done incredible damage to the justice system by focusing on how to catch a killer and not what the larger implications on our justice system and justifiable warrants might be because of it. Anyone who does that is beyond problematic in my book.
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dark
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mysterious
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fast-paced
dark
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
Took a while to get going, but by the second act I was absolutely hooked.
Agree with other reviewers thatyou can feel the death of the author. Not that it negatively impacts the writing - just, you can tell.
I hadn’t read anything like this before, but I think I’ll be more open to it next time. A great nonfiction read.
Agree with other reviewers that
I hadn’t read anything like this before, but I think I’ll be more open to it next time. A great nonfiction read.
emotional
informative
medium-paced
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced