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A review by georgierosereads
Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders by Vincent Bugliosi
4.0
This book is a great, if biased, read. Get through the first few chapters, and it is engrossing. My favourite section of the book is where the actual motive of Helter Skelter is explained. The ending, for me, dragged on. We didn't need the afterword really, anything from there could have been explained neatly in the epilogue - but overall highly readable and it explains everything about the Manson case from the perspective of somebody involved.
If you're looking for more analysis than the actual story of the crime in itself, I would look for another book however I'd still recommend this as a detailed overview of the case. I'd also recommend this to Social Psychology students, as I found it helped me to explain a Key Issue based on Cults, Tajfel's Social Identity Theory, Milgram's Agency Theory and Obedience in general.
If you're looking for more analysis than the actual story of the crime in itself, I would look for another book however I'd still recommend this as a detailed overview of the case. I'd also recommend this to Social Psychology students, as I found it helped me to explain a Key Issue based on Cults, Tajfel's Social Identity Theory, Milgram's Agency Theory and Obedience in general.