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Every Breath You Take: A True Story of Obsession, Revenge, and Murder by Ann Rule
2 reviews
barelyconcealed's review against another edition
dark
emotional
informative
sad
medium-paced
3.75
Personally my largest quibble with Ann Rule - and indeed this era of true crime - is how little she interrogates what the police did wrong. This is a case of a woman who repeatedly told basically everyone that she was afraid for her life, who fled in the dead of night with her six children across multiple state lines, and was still killed. That her ex-husband not only used the criminal justice system to his benefit but also, in many ways, directly used them to find her to have her killed is a travesty and one that Rule doesn't seem particularly interested in investigating herself.
Rule does a phenomenal job getting into the nitty gritty with each of her subjects - from finding out the backstories of Alan Blackthorne's mother to giving humanity to the last moments of Sheila's life. It's an unfortunate story all around and worth checking out if you're at all interested in the case.
Rule does a phenomenal job getting into the nitty gritty with each of her subjects - from finding out the backstories of Alan Blackthorne's mother to giving humanity to the last moments of Sheila's life. It's an unfortunate story all around and worth checking out if you're at all interested in the case.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Stalking, Domestic abuse, and Murder
Moderate: Sexual assault and Child abuse
junefish's review against another edition
dark
tense
slow-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Death, and Death of parent
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Child death, and Miscarriage
Minor: Drug use
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