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envy4's review against another edition
5.0
That was the quickest I've finished a true crime book. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this and then googgling the current news on the trial of Joseph D'Angelo. I think if she lived to finish it, the book would be easier to read. Unlike other true crime books I've read, this one was too jumpy for me to get a clear time-line. Also I don't believe in an after life but I hope she is reading the current news on this trial.
knockoutbooks's review
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
5.0
This was intense. McNamara was such a talented writer, researcher and investigator. Reading this felt like I was hunting the Golden State Killer right along with her and I became completely lost between the pages of this book.
jere_127's review
4.0
Reluctant on giving it a 3 or 4, so settling on a 3.5...? Definitely not my usual genre of book (true crime), but I got the book recommended by my girlfriend, so I decided to give it a shot.
My previous knowledge on the GSK was basically none, and to an extent, I was expecting somewhat of an introductory more of an piece on who he is/was, instead of a chronicle focusing on the process of finding "the responsible".
All in all, not my cup of tea, but find an appeal for it.
My previous knowledge on the GSK was basically none, and to an extent, I was expecting somewhat of an introductory more of an piece on who he is/was, instead of a chronicle focusing on the process of finding "the responsible".
All in all, not my cup of tea, but find an appeal for it.
morgob's review
4.0
Even though at the time this book was published, the mystery had not yet been solved (the killer not yet caught), it was still a breathtaking work of research. Michelle wove all of the evidence together beautifully. As soon as I finished reading, I went online to research what ended up happening: how they caught the killer and what was revealed about him after. Surprisingly, Michelle got a lot of the facts right, and even some of her speculation, both about the killer himself and the way in which to catch him, ended up proving correct and successful. That is what astounded me the most. She was able to make this not seem like one giant infodump. It had a plot to it, full of all these different stories put together to make a whole. She mastered the art of crime writing in this. I am very sad she did not get to see it to full completion--both her book and the catching of the killer. What they were able to piece together of the rest of her notes made me feel unfulfilled, but there was nothing else to do. At best, it proves no one could write the story as well as Michelle.
liz_newbern's review
4.0
Darkly fascinating connections between crimes and frustrating deadends are the hallmarks of I'll be Gone in the Dark. The haunting, gripping, and detailed narrative follows the author, Michelle McNamara, as she attempts to recreate the path of the man she coins as the Golden State Killer in an attempt to find his identity. The audiobook narrator, Gabra Zackman, does an amazing job bringing Michelle's voice to life even after her death in 2016. The afterword by her husband Patton Oswalt was a fitting tribute to the woman who was driven to obsession and anxiety as she attempted to solve a seemingly unsolvable cold-case. Trigger warnings: Does contain detailed descriptions of crime scenes for murder and rape victims.