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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara

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est13's review

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dark emotional informative sad fast-paced

5.0

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lauraportalupi's review against another edition

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dark informative medium-paced

2.75

Eh. The last few sections probably lowered my rating. Also, there are some disturbing and problematic uses of language related assault and mental health that should never have made it to print.

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justasillygirl04's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional informative tense fast-paced

5.0

I found myself deeply troubled by the survivors' and victims stories. This book is not for the faint of heart.

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kendall09's review against another edition

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emotional informative mysterious medium-paced

5.0

This book was one of the best books I've read this year! The way McNamara writes is beautiful, yet haunting. This book is about her journey searching for the GSK and how it ensnared her in it's trap. Though she is discussing horrific topics and crimes, she doesn't dwell on the gruesome details of each crime, instead points out the specific clues and pieces of evidence that link back to the GSK (or East Area R*pist). She writes eloquently, does not get into too technical jargon, and leaves you hanging on to her every word. Knowing that she passed before the completion of her book, and before they caught the vile person who was coined the Golden State Killer by McNamara, makes this read so much more haunting. I am stuck with the words she ended her book on,"Letter to the Golden State Killer" (https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/letter-to-the-golden-state-killer) before she passed and before the arrest of GSK.

It closes with:

"This is how it ends for you.

“You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark,” you threatened a victim once.

Open the door. Show us your face.

Walk into the light."

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kittyj21's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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kyliesh's review against another edition

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4.5

Likely the scariest book I’ve ever read. McNamara has a way of writing non fiction really well and walking the line of being empathetic toward victims but not holding back on details that are important to the case really well. Extremely sad that she was unable to see the GSK identified and imprisoned but her letter in the epilogue was truly amazing.

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winifred_k22's review

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challenging dark emotional informative medium-paced

3.5

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alexisgarcia's review

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dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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valmai's review

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5.0

We’ve lost a great author in McNamara. Her obsessive chronicling of the hard to find details of the Golden State Killer translate into a thoughtful and terrifying blend of memoir, true crime reporting, and rigorous research. I read this in two days.

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haileyeh's review

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dark emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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