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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
Pretty sure that I read this back in middle school, but didn’t realize until I was more than halfway through the book
The work contains factual errors. It also becomes awfully repetitive towards the end.
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very informative and well-written but not a 5/5 bc of the extremely outdated terminology and language. you can talk about past crimes without being racist/homophobic
This is an engagingly written, well-researched nonfiction on serial killers. It's been helpful as I write about the killer/crime in my current novel.
The author is a journalist, but it's as factually researched as the journalism community demands (not talking about Buzzfeed, though).
Pick this up if you're interested in more broad knowledge of serial killers.
The author is a journalist, but it's as factually researched as the journalism community demands (not talking about Buzzfeed, though).
Pick this up if you're interested in more broad knowledge of serial killers.
still the best book out there on serial killers, and without a doubt the most informative and least biased intro to the topic. while the slightly informal tone makes it an easy read, it does jar with the brutal subject matter, especially when the usual tone for stuff like this is extremely formal.
i first read this when i was 13 or 14, having borrowed it from the library my mother worked at. looking back it's absolutely fucking wild that she let me read it, but read it i did and it's probably partially why i have the brain i do today (read: a bad one). this book covers a lot of ground, from gilles de rais all the way up to (in the revised edition) james deangelo. it gives the due time to the disorganised/organised dyad, before following up with its obvious lack of applicability to most cases. i kind of wish it proposed a better system but thats something the entire community can't do so it makes sense he can't either.
if you're interested in serial killers but don't know where to start this is a fantastic entry point, and if you're already invested but want a good read this is a great option too. i'm excited to read his richard cottingham book whenever that comes out.
i first read this when i was 13 or 14, having borrowed it from the library my mother worked at. looking back it's absolutely fucking wild that she let me read it, but read it i did and it's probably partially why i have the brain i do today (read: a bad one). this book covers a lot of ground, from gilles de rais all the way up to (in the revised edition) james deangelo. it gives the due time to the disorganised/organised dyad, before following up with its obvious lack of applicability to most cases. i kind of wish it proposed a better system but thats something the entire community can't do so it makes sense he can't either.
if you're interested in serial killers but don't know where to start this is a fantastic entry point, and if you're already invested but want a good read this is a great option too. i'm excited to read his richard cottingham book whenever that comes out.
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Peter Vronsky's true crime novel is an insightful and absorbing analysis of serial killers. Vronsky's work does not deviate into the realms of absurdity or fascination with the myth of serial killers. Divided into three parts, the author first delves into how the serial killer came to be, then he moves into the psychology of the killer and topping off with the means to understand and investigate such gruesome crimes. A true crime book such as this treads the line to either be obnoxiously enchanted with the killer or let morality burden astute anlaysis. However, Vronsky writes the novel coherently to not alienate the interested reader.
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