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storybookcorner's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
taewright's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.75
tricapra's review against another edition
3.0
Good, but simply not as good as "Stranger Beside Me", but I feel like that's a really high bar.
harvio's review against another edition
4.0
- "Ann Rule asks Can the female really be deadlier than the male? ...a riveting story of seduction, betrayal, and murder. Chris - a tall, athletic, handsome pilot for Hawaiian Airlines; Liysa - an attractive, charismatic, seductive professional surf photographer. They had beautiful homes on the mainland and in Hawaii, but nothing was quite enough for her - she wanted more - more money, more property..."
livlovelit's review against another edition
In the spirit of not finishing books I don't enjoy and am not otherwise learning/growing from, I put this one down after about 200 pages. I've read Ann Rule before and I know the woman is capable of nuance. Shit, she had no problem showing the humanity of Ted Bundy. But she was either lazy, over it, or straight up showing an absurd level of misogyny with this one. I'm not asking for objectivity in a true crime novel, we know who the "bad guy" is and we don't have to pretend like she's not a murderer. She is a criminal, she is guilty, and she deserves conviction and condemnation for that. But according to Rule apparently anything this woman has ever said, felt, or done is the worst thing in the world. Doesn't keep her house clean? Terrible person. Wants her husband to show interest in or literally any support for her career? Monstrous. Wants some time for herself without the children? How dare she. The husband wants to go bicycling before he spends time with his family after being gone for work and she doesn't like it? Awful. Rule literally paints this woman negatively for wanting her husband to "babysit" the kids more. Seriously Rule, you wrote this book in the 21st century, do we not all know that it's just called "parenting" when it's your kid?! After reading 200 pages of Liysa Northon's flaws and what a terrible wife she was, and virtually no discussion of the actual crime she committed or frankly the presence of any decent writing or storytelling, there was nothing to do but set this book down and walk away for good.
julydou's review against another edition
3.0
The book is good, well written. Hesvy reading, had to read another book at the same because it was too much info.
emjay24's review against another edition
2.0
this is a true crime story, sort of like watching one of those 48 hr mysteries. it's about a sociopathic woman who ends up murdering her husband and tries to make people think she's a battered wife, but she's not. it was interesting at the beginning, but got long by the end. if you really like true crime, read this, otherwise, skip it.