150 reviews for:

Mindhunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

John E. Douglas

3.95 AVERAGE

lesbianwhims's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense medium-paced

mrs_valeska's review against another edition

3.25

challenging informative reflective tense slow-paced

suvata's review against another edition

4.0

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• Paperback book • Scribd audiobook

Fascinating story of how the FBIs Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) was formed and its efficacy in prosecuting serial killers. Real-life “Criminal Minds”.

mgwroadie's review against another edition

4.25

dark informative sad medium-paced

chaddah's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

lennyjentz's review against another edition

3.0

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I decided to read this after watching Netflix’s Mindhunter. It was super interesting to see what elements of the show were pulled directly from the book (and what parts might’ve been used later on in the show had it not been cancelled after just two seasons - RIP), and to learn how Douglas’s interviews with serial killers created profiling and how it changed how the FBI solved cases. My one grievance is that whenever Douglas talked about anything other his job - such as his personal life - he came off as bit of a blowhard. Also, all the examples of criminal profiling he gave all happened to be correct, never wrong…

aub45's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

becky_m8's review against another edition

3.5

informative medium-paced

rainyday104's review against another edition

4.0

dark informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

ladhd_tx's review against another edition

4.0

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Easy to read and found it fascinating to read while I was watching the show. After reading some other comments here, the author is definitely arrogant. But he was also right a lot.