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lacy23's review against another edition
4.0
It was an interesting read. The levels of manipulation and abuse that these women had to deal with is horrifying. It is a truly horrible way they were forced to live. While interesting to read, it was a bit hard to follow. It seemed rushed and incomplete. At points it didn’t make any sense at all. I gave it 4 stars because despite it being slightly difficult to follow it was an interesting if not heartbreaking read.
desert_side_notched's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Violence, and Rape
ruthie_wk's review against another edition
2.0
This was better than the other true crime books I’ve read....but I am very much NOT a fan of books whose timeline make no sense because of zigzagging all over the place.
claudia_is_reading's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting and horrifying, this is the kind of book which make you wonder about the level of insanity necessary to commit such awful crimes against your own family.
But it also made me wonder how nobody saw a thing, nobody was aware about what was going on with that family *shakes head* It baffles me.
But it also made me wonder how nobody saw a thing, nobody was aware about what was going on with that family *shakes head* It baffles me.
apn01's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
trdeyoung's review against another edition
5.0
Crazy story told with greatness. The book was well written, and kept a solid pace. So many insane things happened to this family, and it’s shocking to believe that they went on for so long. I would love to do cognitive testing on the whole family. His kids (the adults) spoke in such childlike and immature ways. And Elizabeth... my guess is that she had to be cognitively impaired in some way. Her speech, demeanor and understanding were impaired. This guy was disgusting, and took advantage of people he knew were weak and he could control. Total shark in the water.
sistermagpie's review against another edition
2.0
I hadn't heard about these murders--a fact that the author points out is surprising. They happened right around the time of the Scott Peterson trial and people were more interested in that. There could be some troubling reason for the disinterest, but reading the book was really just depressing. As horrible as it is that this man either killed or brainwashed his daughters to kill 7 children and themselves, the story is distressingly familiar.
You take a guy with a Bible, his own imaginative interpretations of the Bible (Jesus was a vampire and so are we....) and a women and you've got a misogynist cult. Marcus Wesson married his wife when she was 14 after having a child with her mother, then had more children, and had children with those children along with his nieces. The girls in the family were molested from early ages and given tons of lectures about correct behavior (don't talk to other men). The women made all the money in the family and did all the work, even heavy lifting. Some of the surviving family to this day blame the girls who rebelled for the murders, because if they hadn't tried to get their children away from the guy nobody would have had to shoot them all in the eye.
You take a guy with a Bible, his own imaginative interpretations of the Bible (Jesus was a vampire and so are we....) and a women and you've got a misogynist cult. Marcus Wesson married his wife when she was 14 after having a child with her mother, then had more children, and had children with those children along with his nieces. The girls in the family were molested from early ages and given tons of lectures about correct behavior (don't talk to other men). The women made all the money in the family and did all the work, even heavy lifting. Some of the surviving family to this day blame the girls who rebelled for the murders, because if they hadn't tried to get their children away from the guy nobody would have had to shoot them all in the eye.
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