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4.16 AVERAGE
4.16 AVERAGE
challenging
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informative
mysterious
reflective
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medium-paced
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
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inspiring
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mysterious
tense
medium-paced
this might be the best true crime book l've ever read. man l wish she could have seen him arrested.
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A captivating, engrossing true crime story & memoir - fascinating and riveting. Read my full review & listen to an audio sample:
https://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/nonfiction-review-ill-be-gone-in-dark.html
https://bookbybook.blogspot.com/2021/12/nonfiction-review-ill-be-gone-in-dark.html
AUGUST 2018 BOOK CLUB:
This book was fascinating to me. I thought that I might get bored as the book continued, since so many of the crimes were similar and due to that it may have felt repetitive, but that was not the case! I was so enthralled with McNamara's determination to research the details of the case and strive to (along with a vast community, she reveals) determine the identity of the Golden State Killer. I also felt that it was well written, despite the patchy areas where people needed to step in to finish writing sections after McNamara's death. I will credit this book to the brand new security system that we purchased after I read it! It made me a bit paranoid for several weeks :)
A little side note, it was exciting to discover that the GSK was identified quickly after this book was published through DNA genealogy research. Hopefully in other editions of this book, they will include an epilogue discussing his capture and a little more details on how he was identified. That was probably the only thing missing from this book.
This book was fascinating to me. I thought that I might get bored as the book continued, since so many of the crimes were similar and due to that it may have felt repetitive, but that was not the case! I was so enthralled with McNamara's determination to research the details of the case and strive to (along with a vast community, she reveals) determine the identity of the Golden State Killer. I also felt that it was well written, despite the patchy areas where people needed to step in to finish writing sections after McNamara's death. I will credit this book to the brand new security system that we purchased after I read it! It made me a bit paranoid for several weeks :)
A little side note, it was exciting to discover that the GSK was identified quickly after this book was published through DNA genealogy research. Hopefully in other editions of this book, they will include an epilogue discussing his capture and a little more details on how he was identified. That was probably the only thing missing from this book.
challenging
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challenging
dark
informative
sad
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medium-paced
Michelle McNamara paints a striking portrait across time and California. Weaving together her own life with that of the victims and investigators without over-stepping her own bounds is an incredible feat inandof itself. Rather than weighing down the narrative, her presence as an investigator serves the reader in asking the simple questions and finding the context desperately needed.
There is a melancholy tragedy while reading, knowing how she dies at the end. Like many true crime writers that truly care about their subject matter (the victims and the shattered communities, never the suspects), it consumed her life to the detriment of her health and, though never explicitly stated, her relationships outside her single minded, endless pursuit. It feels like yet another tragedy to know she passed mere months before "the responsible" was exposed to the wider world. She may not have been directly responsible for aiding in his capture, but there is a sense that she played a hand in ensuring that his victims would never be voiceless, while he may rot in silence forever.
There is a melancholy tragedy while reading, knowing how she dies at the end. Like many true crime writers that truly care about their subject matter (the victims and the shattered communities, never the suspects), it consumed her life to the detriment of her health and, though never explicitly stated, her relationships outside her single minded, endless pursuit. It feels like yet another tragedy to know she passed mere months before "the responsible" was exposed to the wider world. She may not have been directly responsible for aiding in his capture, but there is a sense that she played a hand in ensuring that his victims would never be voiceless, while he may rot in silence forever.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Rape, Murder
Minor: Drug abuse, Self harm