Reviews - Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

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Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

2018 Pop Sugar Reading Challenge-True Crime Book

I don't usually read true crime for two reasons. 1. It's disturbing. 2. I don't think anyone should profit from tragedy. So, I was surprised that I actually really liked this book. It started out slow, but once it got going it was riveting. Very detailed into the police investigation, the trial and the motivation. It was still very disturbing, though. Those people were nuts.

abbyjane1463's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

saraksdaley's review against another edition

4.5

dark informative

pwelch96's review against another edition

5.0

This is an absolute true crime classic. It made me think about how many murders could have prevented if people were horrified by blatant racism right at the start.

aignerloren's review against another edition

2.5

dark informative sad tense fast-paced

bruise2k15's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative tense medium-paced

buceethevampireslayer's review against another edition

5.0

interesting of the author to keep all those coincidences in there

mamccreary's review against another edition

4.0

Good grief, I feel like I just ran a marathon reading this book.

Read my full review of Helter Skelter here and let me know what you think: https://pleasantryblog.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/reviewing-helter-skelter/