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promisesatsundown's review
2.0
Janice Knowlton's story is (was) most surely one of "false memory syndrome". I picked up this book on a Dahlia reading craze knowing the likely-hood that this book would have "the answer" was slim to none. I was of course, right. There were way too many inconsistancies with what we already know about the Black Dahlia Murder for anything she writes about to be fact.
That being said, I found this book fascinating as someone who is studying to be a clinical psychologist. The amount of emotional discord going on in this woman's life was evident and the abuse she suffered, while not connected to the Dahlia, must have been horrific for it to manifest in such a way so many years later.
I wouldn't really recommend this to anyone looking for answers about the Black Dahlia Murder. Well, unless you are a Dahlia fanatic like myself and MUST read everything, no matter how good or bad, about the Dahlia. I would however recommend it to people who are interested in False Memory Syndrome, the effects of abuse and abnormal psychology in general as this is an interesting portrait of a very damaged woman.
That being said, I found this book fascinating as someone who is studying to be a clinical psychologist. The amount of emotional discord going on in this woman's life was evident and the abuse she suffered, while not connected to the Dahlia, must have been horrific for it to manifest in such a way so many years later.
I wouldn't really recommend this to anyone looking for answers about the Black Dahlia Murder. Well, unless you are a Dahlia fanatic like myself and MUST read everything, no matter how good or bad, about the Dahlia. I would however recommend it to people who are interested in False Memory Syndrome, the effects of abuse and abnormal psychology in general as this is an interesting portrait of a very damaged woman.
xxstefaniereadsxx's review
dark
fast-paced
2.0
I got this book for fairly cheap at a used book store, and I am glad I didn't pay more than a dollar for it. I was not impressed with this book at all. I mean, anything is possible, but I am just not buying this story. Perhaps the author did suffer from False Memory, as some other reviews suggest. Parts of this book were really interesting, and made me believe that she believed what she saw. Other parts of it were just terribly dull. I do not recommend.
readbyashleyd's review
3.0
So I’m right in the middle with this book. Some parts were incredibly interesting and gruesome but others quite nearly put me to sleep from boredom. I loved the gory descriptions of the murder but that was about the only thing that held my attention. I also thought the whole thing was kind of unbelievable so that did affect my enjoyment a bit a think. All in all it was entertaining for the murder parts but other than that, not so much.
berryfeather394's review
2.0
Lurid, but not believable. I'm sure Janice Knowlton faced some childhood trauma that she's channeling, but I don't think it's what these "memories" show.
I bought it because I thought it was maybe written by the sibling of another author who's book I read, Steve Hodel (who also claims his father, another George, was the Black Dahlia killer) who wrote the very compelling, evidence filled "Black Dahlia Avenger". I had forgotten that authors name at the time, and they are obviously unrelated.
It's an okay read if you can maintain suspension of disbelief, but the tone is almost patronizing at times. It feels as though the author doesn't trust us to understand if they give us a proper explanation of things.
I bought it because I thought it was maybe written by the sibling of another author who's book I read, Steve Hodel (who also claims his father, another George, was the Black Dahlia killer) who wrote the very compelling, evidence filled "Black Dahlia Avenger". I had forgotten that authors name at the time, and they are obviously unrelated.
It's an okay read if you can maintain suspension of disbelief, but the tone is almost patronizing at times. It feels as though the author doesn't trust us to understand if they give us a proper explanation of things.
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