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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
57 reviews
faithaforman's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
nodogsonthemoon's review
4.25
Graphic: Rape and Murder
Moderate: Death, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Pedophilia, and Kidnapping
cjblates's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
bri_fabiano's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
chloenk_1011's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
vanesst's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Stalking, and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Torture, and Blood
Minor: Animal cruelty and Kidnapping
jamiejanae_6's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
slutforhotwings's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
kingrosereads's review against another edition
4.5
This book was also a memoir of author, Michelle McNamara, who died in the pursuit of uncovering GSK’s identity. McNamara died in 2016 before her book was completed and before the Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo, was arrested in 2018. Researcher, Paul Haynes, and investigative journalist, Billy Jensen, finished the book for McNamara with an afterword from her husband, Patton Oswalt, and updated news articles about the capture and arrest of Joseph DeAngelo.
McNamara coined his moniker, Golden State Killer. Originally, he was known as the East Area Rapist (EAR) when he raped over 50 people, and then would become known as the Original Night Stalker (ONS) when he killed over a dozen people. It’s 21st century technology that connected the rapes of EAR with the murders of ONS. There wasn’t two offenders, just one, and he’d become known as EAR-ONS until McNamara renames him.
I truly loved this book, and I know that’s a weird thing to say, but it was genuinely good, addictive even. I watched the HBO docuseries two years ago and it very subtly creeped me out. It wasn’t until I tried to sleep that night that I realized how anxious I was. I kept getting up to check the door was locked without thinking why I had the urge to do so. The same with this book. There were a couple of nights I triple checked the locks or thought I heard a noise. And it’s not just the crimes of GSK that have me unsettled, and trust me, the crimes are truly at a level 100 on the creep factor, but it’s the way McNamara writes the book. The several times she addresses the killer himself, a man without a face for her, just had the hairs on my neck standing up. I’ve listened to a few true crime podcasts on this case and even discussed it in my undergrad studies, none of those elicited this response. It’s all McNamara and her incredible ability to tell a story.
It was already creepy as it was, but I wished it contained more of what he did before he attacked these people and also highlight the survivors. The main focus was on the investigation and the investigators which I thought was a great take instead of hyper-focusing on the crimes themselves. It feels respectful to the victims and the survivors while educating the public on the events and investigation, while getting across the urgency to help find this killer.
I also think the memoir chapters added something special to this book. It helped me to connect to McNamara and even the other investigators (law enforcement and civilian) on the case.
It was hard to put down. Completely riveting and an excellent example of true crime reporting.
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder, and Sexual harassment
v_neptune's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child death, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Miscarriage
i definitely feel like this book talks about these subjects in a way that is appropriate, thoughtful, nuanced, and shows care to the victims, and i didn't feel particularly triggered by the way these topics were discussed, but nonetheless it covers a lot of pretty dark subject matter