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A review by kendall09
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer by Michelle McNamara
emotional
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
5.0
This book was one of the best books I've read this year! The way McNamara writes is beautiful, yet haunting. This book is about her journey searching for the GSK and how it ensnared her in it's trap. Though she is discussing horrific topics and crimes, she doesn't dwell on the gruesome details of each crime, instead points out the specific clues and pieces of evidence that link back to the GSK (or East Area R*pist). She writes eloquently, does not get into too technical jargon, and leaves you hanging on to her every word. Knowing that she passed before the completion of her book, and before they caught the vile person who was coined the Golden State Killer by McNamara, makes this read so much more haunting. I am stuck with the words she ended her book on,"Letter to the Golden State Killer" (https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/letter-to-the-golden-state-killer) before she passed and before the arrest of GSK.
It closes with:
"This is how it ends for you.
“You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark,” you threatened a victim once.
Open the door. Show us your face.
Walk into the light."
It closes with:
"This is how it ends for you.
“You’ll be silent forever, and I’ll be gone in the dark,” you threatened a victim once.
Open the door. Show us your face.
Walk into the light."
Content Warnings
Moderate: Murder, Sexual violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, and Torture