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A review by readwithchey
The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia by
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
3.0
“If every woman is a nonconsensual researcher into the word ‘misogyny’, then my most painful and powerful work was done in Pocahontas County. It could have been done in any other place, because misogyny is in the groundwater of every American city and every American town.”
This reminded me, in a way, of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark in the way it’s part true crime tale, part memoir. My only issue here is that the author’s personal journey/story during her time in rural WV isn’t as interesting. It didn’t feel like enough to fill in the gaps and I found myself kind of zoning out during her personal parts, I wanted more of the focus to be on the murders. But overall it was an interesting portrait of a WV murder that has those classic small town elements and is, ultimately, still a mystery.
This reminded me, in a way, of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark in the way it’s part true crime tale, part memoir. My only issue here is that the author’s personal journey/story during her time in rural WV isn’t as interesting. It didn’t feel like enough to fill in the gaps and I found myself kind of zoning out during her personal parts, I wanted more of the focus to be on the murders. But overall it was an interesting portrait of a WV murder that has those classic small town elements and is, ultimately, still a mystery.