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A review by rafaela_borges
Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties by Tom O'Neill
challenging
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
4.0
A bit too long and there's sooo much information that I feel like my brain has melted and wasn't able to grasp everything, but it was worth it.
I love Helter Skelter, by the way, but Bugliosi now seems both unreliable and a major AH. I'm glad Chaos shed some light on the Manson murders, even if it felt convoluted and made me feel like I was reading a conspiracy theory book. At least the author seems like he just wanted to let all the information he gathered out there, instead of pushing his beliefs onto the readers. And he himself seems self-aware enough to acknowledge how some of his arguments must have sounded to his readers. I liked that.
I love Helter Skelter, by the way, but Bugliosi now seems both unreliable and a major AH. I'm glad Chaos shed some light on the Manson murders, even if it felt convoluted and made me feel like I was reading a conspiracy theory book. At least the author seems like he just wanted to let all the information he gathered out there, instead of pushing his beliefs onto the readers. And he himself seems self-aware enough to acknowledge how some of his arguments must have sounded to his readers. I liked that.