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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
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Informative, intriguing, well-organized, and balanced. This middle-grade level nonfiction account of the Lizzie Borden trial in Fall River, MA, USA in 1892 is quite well done, and not too simplistic (I'm 25). It presents the evidence but does so in a way that made me feel like I was unraveling the possibility of guilt/innocence as I went, and therefore could have provided a great discussion in a group setting. It included boxes within the text that corresponded as relevant side-notes to enhance understanding of the topic. It also included 16 pages of photo inserts with fascinating images of the murder, the involved people, the murder house's floorplan, and the speculative newspaper cartoons. The book used primary sources nicely, including court testimony, various newspaper accounts, and physical evidence to try to lay out as well as possible the truth as well as the atmosphere surrounding the case.
If you enjoy non fiction and mystery you might like this book but I found it a bit dry.
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Didn’t finish, I tried for teacher book club and didn’t get into it. Not looking forward to telling them I didn’t like a book about murder after I complained about a parent not liking my own murdery book choice for 10th grade English.
The book chronicled the murders of Lizzie Borden's parents, the legal proceedings, and the aftermath for Lizzie Borden who was charged with the crime. I thought the author did a pretty good job of trying to present all the perspectives. Somehow, I wanted, expected, more - not sure what, but more.
For some reason these murders have always fascinated me. Personally, I think she did it. Money can buy lawyers. Technicalities of the law are not the same as innocence.
For some reason these murders have always fascinated me. Personally, I think she did it. Money can buy lawyers. Technicalities of the law are not the same as innocence.
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I read this for an upcoming book club discussion.
Three years ago I attended a play about the life of Lizzie Borden . I felt afterwards that she was innocent. Of course that play was biased to her innocence. As I read this book I began to have my doubts. As the author points out we may never know. So much contradictory testimony. In any case Lizzie spent several months in jail and had to live the rest of her life knowing that the majority of people thought her guilty.
Miller does a fantastic job of presenting the case. It is well researched and Miller is not biased to either side.
A times it’s a bit dry ( courtroom testimony is rarely exciting) but overall excellent book.
This is billed as ages 10 and up but with gruesome details I don’t know what 10-year-old should be reading this book.
Three years ago I attended a play about the life of Lizzie Borden . I felt afterwards that she was innocent. Of course that play was biased to her innocence. As I read this book I began to have my doubts. As the author points out we may never know. So much contradictory testimony. In any case Lizzie spent several months in jail and had to live the rest of her life knowing that the majority of people thought her guilty.
Miller does a fantastic job of presenting the case. It is well researched and Miller is not biased to either side.
A times it’s a bit dry ( courtroom testimony is rarely exciting) but overall excellent book.
This is billed as ages 10 and up but with gruesome details I don’t know what 10-year-old should be reading this book.
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