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Lay Them to Rest: On the Road with the Cold Case Investigators Who Identify the Nameless by Laurah Norton

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courtsport3000's review against another edition

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challenging informative slow-paced

3.0

I really enjoyed the true crime aspects of this story, but struggled with the memoir side of it. The author is knowledgeable and shares tons of interesting information, but I kept getting distracted every time she veered off into discussing reality shows, or whatever diet she was on at the time, or what kind of snacks people bought for a road trip. It felt pretty jarring to basically be like "I was feeding rotisserie chicken to this lady's dog. But anyways, back to unknown corpses!" I definitely would have enjoyed this much more had the book stuck to the facts and professional aspects of the author's work. 
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avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition

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adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

3.5

    A professor's journey into unsolved crimes and John/Jane Does.
    The narrator, aka author, was okay but a bit boring on the reading.
    The book overall was interesting but had a lot of lags where it got boring. It also meandered off the point quite a lot, which got a bit confusing if you stopped the book and came back to it. It was still a decent book, just not the best true crime I've read. 

 Extra ratings: Fluff - NA  Heartfelt- 4/5   Helpful-NA    Horror- NA    Inspiration- 0.5/5  Love aka Romance-NA   Mystery-NA    Predictability- NA    Spice- NA   Suspense- NA   Tear 3.5/5  Thrill- NA  Humor-0/5 
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