A review by spazk27
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

informative sad slow-paced

1.0

Ted Bundy through the eyes of a woman who called him a friend. While I was very interested in this story, to hear the background, to learn how he was caught, and to hear stories of his victims, I am disappointed in the book. I wish more time was spent on the victims and the investigations. I also feel the author was sorely disillusioned or else tried too hard to say Ted was more than an acquaintance. She barely talked to him. She was manipulated by him because he wanted the fame of her ability to tell his story. And then she used this to sell a book like she knew Ted personally. I doubt anyone really knew this psycho. Too much time spent on her own story, it was like a mix between a memoir and a retelling of the murders. I suffered through to the end as I needed the closure of Ted's capture. But really could have done without this book.