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The Kidnap Years: The Astonishing True History of the Forgotten Kidnapping Epidemic That Shook Depression-Era America by David Stout
3 reviews
kaiciemesser's review
dark
informative
tense
fast-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Death, and Murder
onmalsshelf's review
informative
slow-paced
2.5
I wanted to love this collection of kidnapping stories from the Great Depression, however the passive tone of the book left me just wanting to set the book down.
I had to wait to get the audio so that I could even finish it and even then, I had to put it on 2x to get through it. I probably should've just DNF'd, but I was intrigued by the cases. Even though the cases seemed to be revertive in a sense because honestly how different can kidnappings be from the Great Depression era? I commend the author on his hard work and I can tell that he spent a lot of time researching and writing this book. However, in a time when so many true crime books are being released with interesting cases and a easily readable tone, I'm afraid this one may get lost in the fray.
If you're looking to learn about some kidnappings from the Great Depression era that are the not the Lindenbergh kidnapping, I suggest picking this up.
I had to wait to get the audio so that I could even finish it and even then, I had to put it on 2x to get through it. I probably should've just DNF'd, but I was intrigued by the cases. Even though the cases seemed to be revertive in a sense because honestly how different can kidnappings be from the Great Depression era? I commend the author on his hard work and I can tell that he spent a lot of time researching and writing this book. However, in a time when so many true crime books are being released with interesting cases and a easily readable tone, I'm afraid this one may get lost in the fray.
If you're looking to learn about some kidnappings from the Great Depression era that are the not the Lindenbergh kidnapping, I suggest picking this up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping
beauty_andbooks's review
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
2.0
I get the idea of this book and I think it had good intentions of being a great nonfiction book. But in the end I was bored by the time I read 20% of the book. The kidnapping stories all ended up seeming like repeated information and the same story. I was just uninterested by that point. I think it’s well written and easy to understand as a nonfiction full of dates and names. I think you’d enjoy this book if you were into the gangs of the 1930s.
*Thanks to netgalley, the author and publisher for a complimentary book to review
*Thanks to netgalley, the author and publisher for a complimentary book to review
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Child death, Suicide, Death, Violence, Antisemitism, and Confinement
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