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I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
22 reviews
jamiejanae_6's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Violence, Death, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Rape, Stalking, Torture, Animal cruelty, Body horror, Blood, and Murder
slutforhotwings's review against another edition
3.5
Moderate: Blood, Death, Torture, Stalking, Sexual violence, Rape, Pedophilia, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, and Gun violence
kingrosereads's review against another edition
4.5
This book was also a memoir of author, Michelle McNamara, who died in the pursuit of uncovering GSK’s identity. McNamara died in 2016 before her book was completed and before the Golden State Killer, Joseph DeAngelo, was arrested in 2018. Researcher, Paul Haynes, and investigative journalist, Billy Jensen, finished the book for McNamara with an afterword from her husband, Patton Oswalt, and updated news articles about the capture and arrest of Joseph DeAngelo.
McNamara coined his moniker, Golden State Killer. Originally, he was known as the East Area Rapist (EAR) when he raped over 50 people, and then would become known as the Original Night Stalker (ONS) when he killed over a dozen people. It’s 21st century technology that connected the rapes of EAR with the murders of ONS. There wasn’t two offenders, just one, and he’d become known as EAR-ONS until McNamara renames him.
I truly loved this book, and I know that’s a weird thing to say, but it was genuinely good, addictive even. I watched the HBO docuseries two years ago and it very subtly creeped me out. It wasn’t until I tried to sleep that night that I realized how anxious I was. I kept getting up to check the door was locked without thinking why I had the urge to do so. The same with this book. There were a couple of nights I triple checked the locks or thought I heard a noise. And it’s not just the crimes of GSK that have me unsettled, and trust me, the crimes are truly at a level 100 on the creep factor, but it’s the way McNamara writes the book. The several times she addresses the killer himself, a man without a face for her, just had the hairs on my neck standing up. I’ve listened to a few true crime podcasts on this case and even discussed it in my undergrad studies, none of those elicited this response. It’s all McNamara and her incredible ability to tell a story.
It was already creepy as it was, but I wished it contained more of what he did before he attacked these people and also highlight the survivors. The main focus was on the investigation and the investigators which I thought was a great take instead of hyper-focusing on the crimes themselves. It feels respectful to the victims and the survivors while educating the public on the events and investigation, while getting across the urgency to help find this killer.
I also think the memoir chapters added something special to this book. It helped me to connect to McNamara and even the other investigators (law enforcement and civilian) on the case.
It was hard to put down. Completely riveting and an excellent example of true crime reporting.
Graphic: Kidnapping, Death, Sexual violence, Child death, Blood, Murder, Rape, Sexual content, Misogyny, Confinement, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Pedophilia, Stalking, Torture, and Gun violence
v_neptune's review
5.0
Graphic: Murder, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Pedophilia, Gun violence, Death, Cursing, Death of parent, Child death, Rape, Stalking, Sexual assault, Blood, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Miscarriage
i definitely feel like this book talks about these subjects in a way that is appropriate, thoughtful, nuanced, and shows care to the victims, and i didn't feel particularly triggered by the way these topics were discussed, but nonetheless it covers a lot of pretty dark subject matterchupacobbruh's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Rape, Murder, Stalking, and Sexual content
librarymouse's review
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, Death, Grief, Death of parent, Gore, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, Gun violence, Body horror, Misogyny, Rape, and Sexual harassment
taiy's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape
chloethonus's review
5.0
Graphic: Rape, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Physical abuse, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence
Minor: Kidnapping and Domestic abuse
Book is about a prolific rapist and murderer, some crimes are described but not in detail. Injuries of murder victims are described.bramlee's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Grief, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Violence
jackkoskinen's review against another edition
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Violence
Moderate: Animal cruelty