A review by siaeme12
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

4.25

This novel takes such a more victim-centric approach to true crime than we are used to and thank God for that. The story is a thinly-veiled fictionalization of real-life events, and I think that step away was vital to both sensitivity and impact of the novel. This isn't just a book about catching a killer. It's about humanizing the in elligent and powerful victims and those associated with them, acknowledging and calling out the all too common tendency for society to glorify these horrible men and their atrocities. This book finally shows in plain sight how pitiful these men are, and how incompetent law enforcement and -- above all -- gender stereotypes are the only reason they got away as long as they did. This novel made me angry in all the intended ways.
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