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laurenkara's review against another edition
4.0
As someone who's fascinated by true crime I found this really interesting. It actually even brought a few cases to my attention that I hadn't heard of. I've been on a huge Criminal Minds binge recently so it was interesting to see certain episodes linked to real life cases. Obviously this is depicting true crimes that are pretty brutal in nature so just keep in mind that it does get quite graphic at times!
elodiethefangirl's review against another edition
dark
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
nixbix_reads's review against another edition
2.0
This book was disappointing. Essentially, it is a little information about a range of killers, covering their childhood to the crimes that they committed. They are then grouped together by type. The extent of the tie in to Criminal Minds is done by saying what episodes killers were mentioned on & some pretty lackluster photos. I was expecting a little more from the tie in; maybe getting into reasons why these killers were chosen for the show, or a bit more behind the reasons why they did what they did. The information was brief, so if you are looking for an intro to true crime, this would be good.
jennchupashkoreads's review against another edition
4.0
Some of the facts of the book were not well researched and were incorrect. The author also had a tendency to jump back and forth, get names incorrect (from one paragraph to another) and ramble a bit. Overall though, the book was very good and it was nice to see how the show related to real-world experiences.
pebblespenguin1's review against another edition
5.0
This was a very informative read and it covered a lot of cases. Well known and lesser known. Great read for a true crime junkie.
lorna17's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
miche29's review against another edition
dark
informative
fast-paced
3.0
This is an authorized tie-in to the popular TV show Criminal Minds and defines the types of criminals that the team profiles against real-life examples. The book is organized by the different types, including solo serial killers, sexual predators, and killers with famous victims.
What I loved...
📚 Criminal Minds is one of my absolute favorite TV shows so finally finding an authorized tie-in was absolutely thrilling for me!! I've also had an ongoing fascination with serial killers and understanding their motivation so any book with reasonable reviews will catch my attention.
What I didn't love...
📚 Using the word tie-in was very generous. The references to the TV show was primarily indicating which episodes certain killers had been mentioned. My initial thought is that the episodes would've been compared against the actions of the real life killers.
📚 The analysis of the real life killers was a bit monotonous... their motivation, their crimes and their ultimate downfall. Reading similar stories repeatedly started to become very repetitive
What I loved...
📚 Criminal Minds is one of my absolute favorite TV shows so finally finding an authorized tie-in was absolutely thrilling for me!! I've also had an ongoing fascination with serial killers and understanding their motivation so any book with reasonable reviews will catch my attention.
What I didn't love...
📚 Using the word tie-in was very generous. The references to the TV show was primarily indicating which episodes certain killers had been mentioned. My initial thought is that the episodes would've been compared against the actions of the real life killers.
📚 The analysis of the real life killers was a bit monotonous... their motivation, their crimes and their ultimate downfall. Reading similar stories repeatedly started to become very repetitive
themadmayqueen's review against another edition
4.0
I picked this book up because Criminal Minds is my favorite show and the idea of learning a little bit more about the serial killers that inspired the episodes from seasons 1-5 was cool to me. This book, while definitely full of information, was a very simplistic look at said killers. All in all, I thought it was a good basic overview of these horrible crimes and I liked how they tied in the particular killers with the episodes.