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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
While an okay enough portrayal of the Lizzie Borden case, I never felt the hook of a true crime book that is really successful. This one is meant for younger readers, but even then, the descriptions of the crime scene were brutal and graphic. I can't really explain what made this book so average - it was informative and interesting, though I found the writing to be less than engaging.
Hot damn! What I love most about this book is that it doesn't seem to have an agenda. It doesn't try to pile on the "facts" that incriminate and yet it lays them all out while it balances those facts with the inconsistencies. It picks and chooses point and counter point always with a level of compassion that is sourly missing from other books. This is a story of a woman, a human, with feelings and reactions and pride who, regardless of guilt, lived under a microscope for all her remaining years.
Well done.
Well done.