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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
ultimately unsatisfying.....dads, don't let your daughters do smack and become craigslist hookers
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
A must read.
Enjoyed the focus on the victims and humanizing aspects--Robert Kolker has done a good job of amassing a number of conflicting and overlapping stories and stringing them into one narrative. Had some qualms with some of the choices of wording and such, but only a few. Found it a tad hard to follow the separate stories with the way it was formatted.
Well written and interesting. Great presentation without leading one way or the other. Treated the women and their family stories with dignity.
A compelling and necessary story. But one that tried to cover too much terrain in too disjointed a fashion.
While I do think it’s important to talk about the victims and their stories, I'm puzzled at how little information was given regarding the police work and investigation. When I pick up a true crime book I look forward to learning more about the police work and the investigation. That’s why I read true crime. Having now read this book, I’m still none the wiser as to what actually happened in this case. That’s why I’m disappointed.
Very well done account of what is known regarding these murders. The author does not sensationalize the events, treats the victims and their families with respect (even if some of them don't seem to deserve it), and does not jump to his own conclusions about the case. Somewhat unsatisfying since it has no resolution, but sadly, that is still the truth.
Even though this book wasn't terribly long, the long and complicated list of people made it read like it was longer than it was. I spent a fair amount of the cook confused about exactly when/with whom we were. the girls' lives unfortunately seem to spin in cycles, which is confusing and depressing at the same time.
While I know the author kept true to what actually happened, it left me unsatisfied as a reader.Being an unsolved case I suppose I should've expected that.
While I know the author kept true to what actually happened, it left me unsatisfied as a reader.Being an unsolved case I suppose I should've expected that.
Kolker digs deep into the lives of the lost girls, five young women whose work as online escorts led them to a Long Island serial killer. He profiles each girl, showing what circumstances resulted in their reliance on escorting and Craigslist to make a living. Some had loving families, others not so much. Interviews with families, associates, lovers, and husbands pepper the book, bringing to life these lost dead girls, trying to give their short lives some form of justice.
I thought this would be very different than it turned out to be. Lost Girls is much more of a profile of Craigslist escorting and the women who end up there than it is an investigation into the serial killer who murdered them. I went into this hoping for true crime, but was disappointed. Listening on audio was a mistake as well - there were too many names of girls and family members to keep straight and even at the end I was having problems remembering who was who. The whole book felt like a tease, leading up to what I thought would be investigation, revealed truths, hidden conspiracies, and ended up just a social profile. Meh. Big old meh.
I thought this would be very different than it turned out to be. Lost Girls is much more of a profile of Craigslist escorting and the women who end up there than it is an investigation into the serial killer who murdered them. I went into this hoping for true crime, but was disappointed. Listening on audio was a mistake as well - there were too many names of girls and family members to keep straight and even at the end I was having problems remembering who was who. The whole book felt like a tease, leading up to what I thought would be investigation, revealed truths, hidden conspiracies, and ended up just a social profile. Meh. Big old meh.
I really like the first part of the book which described in detail the girls' backgrounds and what led them to a life of prostitution. A very humanizing description which leads to the issue of how such women are easy victims for predators, and how Craigslist and others have altered the business. The second devolves into unsatisfying gossip and conspiracy issues.